as in to occur
to take place
did anything exciting happen over the summer?
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Recent Examples of happen
Shaking happens if your muscles fatigue during exercise.
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Mallory Creveling, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
On the theoretical side, Alexander Friedmann took Einstein’s field equations and considered what would happen if the Universe were uniformly filled with any form of energy at all.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
That hasn’t happened, and in his Friday statement, Andrew still spoke of duty, family, and support for his brother, the King.
—Ashley Hume , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
How to survive a landslide tsunami The August 10 landslide happened in an area popular with cruise ships and tour boats.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
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Mallory Creveling, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
On the theoretical side, Alexander Friedmann took Einstein’s field equations and considered what would happen if the Universe were uniformly filled with any form of energy at all.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
That hasn’t happened, and in his Friday statement, Andrew still spoke of duty, family, and support for his brother, the King.
—Ashley Hume , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
How to survive a landslide tsunami The August 10 landslide happened in an area popular with cruise ships and tour boats.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for happen
Verb
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At the time, many bettors turned to social media to say that something shady occurred regarding prop bets involving his stats for that night.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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The ebbs and flows of results will occur for any team, but the best coaches are those who keep any short-term slumps to a minimum.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Chelsea shared on Instagram that Maximus spent eight days in the hospital before being able to come home.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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With that immense wealth comes a responsibility to give back to Louisville and the world, several members of the family told the Courier Journal.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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There was a casino, Grandy said.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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There aren't a ton of great options in free agency, though there may not be too many choices at all via trade either, as most teams have their starter and backup quarterbacks locked in and won't be looking to part with either at this point in the year.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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One issue is that hypnosis has long been viewed as a form of entertainment, a stage show with a hypnotist and an audience, which can give viewers a sense that hypnosis is something done to you rather than a process that a person is led through.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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There are a lot of very respectable academics that have done a lot of really amazing work in Black Studies and Africana Studies.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Happen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happen. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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