as in to occur
to take place
did anything exciting happen over the summer?
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Recent Examples of happen
But in that backyard, in our home, so many things have happened.
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Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
A lot of character growth happens offscreen, and the romantic relationships feel arbitrary more than anything else — necessary on the page for marketing a TV show, but mostly incidental to what makes people want to watch this one in the first place.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
One of my favorite scenes happens early in the film with Nico Hiraga and this wonderful actress, Hannah Pilkes.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2025
With a change of administrations happening this year, President Donald Trump’s speech in March will not technically be a State of the Union.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
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Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
A lot of character growth happens offscreen, and the romantic relationships feel arbitrary more than anything else — necessary on the page for marketing a TV show, but mostly incidental to what makes people want to watch this one in the first place.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
One of my favorite scenes happens early in the film with Nico Hiraga and this wonderful actress, Hannah Pilkes.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2025
With a change of administrations happening this year, President Donald Trump’s speech in March will not technically be a State of the Union.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for happen
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When heavy rain occurs, there is a potential for flooding, particularly in areas that are low-lying or prone to floods.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Mar. 2025
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When this occurs, the face of the film’s petite, yet unruly namesake morphs into Ao Bing’s more delicate facial features while in the same body.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2025
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There was good reason to speculate that Shanahan and the 49ers liked Jones in the run-up to the draft four years ago.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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During the same two-day period, there were also 10-figure declines in the net worths of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (-$5.83 billion), LVMH owner Bernard Arnault (-$5.3 billion) Uniqlo CEO Tadashi Yanai (-$1.7 billion), and SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner (-$1.5 billion).—
Karen K. Ho for ARTnews,
Robb Report,
13 Mar. 2025
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Then Sterling did some less effective things and got suspended anyway, so that mad idea was, at least, parked for the time being.—
Amy Lawrence,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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What needs to be done to prevent a Kessler meltdown?—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Happen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happen. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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