occurs

present tense third-person singular of occur

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Recent Examples of occurs More often than not, this occurs because the innovating organizations have a strong collaboration framework in place — a structure that outlines communication, expectations, workflows and more while keeping regulations top of mind. Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 Indemnification As described by Cornell Law School, indemnification occurs when one party compensates another party for damages or losses that have occurred related to specific events. Eric Wood, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 The team also discovered that about 15% of adults fulfilled the criteria for functional iron deficiency, which occurs when the iron in the body is stored away but not readily available for use. Lauryn Higgins, Health, 4 Oct. 2024 This is particularly encouraging, as when high job creation occurs, sometimes that can lead to a momentary rise in unemployment rate until hiring catches up with creation. Eli Amdur, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 One of the great privileges of working at AD is the sheer amount of fascinating daily education that naturally occurs while producing our magazine and other content. Amy Astley, Architectural Digest, 3 Oct. 2024 Most of these objects pass by harmlessly, and the vast majority are too small to cause a global crisis even if a cosmic collision occurs, but every now and then a big one hits, to cataclysmic effect. Lee Billings, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024 This occurs when bots massively click or interact with your ads or content to spoil your performance statistics and reduce campaign effectiveness. Ilya Lashch, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 Standard breeding and hybridization involves generating the vast range of variation that occurs with the random mixing and matching of thousands of genes. Steven Savage, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024

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“Occurs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occurs. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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