occur to
phrasal verb
occurred to; occurring to; occurs to
: to be thought of by (someone)
An idea just occurred to me.
It suddenly occurred to her that there was a simpler way to deal with the problem.
Did it never occur to you to ask for help?
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Yet the moral impact doesn’t seem to occur to our noble hero at all.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
In the past, the thought of digging into her family history had never occurred to Johnson, who'd taught journalism at Boston University.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
When the husk was carbon-dated to between A.D. 993 and A.D. 1202, a thought occurred to Dr. Sallon.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
The comical basketball geniuses, The Harlem Globetrotters, have ways of getting the ball through the hoop that probably never occurred to you.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Dec. 2024
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
In the past, the thought of digging into her family history had never occurred to Johnson, who'd taught journalism at Boston University.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
When the husk was carbon-dated to between A.D. 993 and A.D. 1202, a thought occurred to Dr. Sallon.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
The comical basketball geniuses, The Harlem Globetrotters, have ways of getting the ball through the hoop that probably never occurred to you.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Occur to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/occur%20to. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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