co-occurrence

noun

Definition of co-occurrencenext
as in occurrence

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for co-occurrence
  1. occurrence
  2. coincidence
  3. fluke
  4. phenomenon
  5. incident
Noun
  • It's been a barren time for total lunar eclipses of late, with no such occurrence since 2022.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2024
  • On the first offence, they will be fined 10 per cent of their weekly wages, with an increase of 10 per cent following every subsequent occurrence.
    Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of occurrence
Noun
  • The sense of being stunned and afraid and traumatized gave way pretty quickly to social mobilization, partly because, by a tremendous coincidence, so much of that social mobilization had already been in place.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
  • By coincidence, McConaughey and Chalamet reunited during the theatrical re-release of Interstellar during a college football game between the Georgia Bulldogs and Texas Longhorns on Dec. 7.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of coincidence
Noun
  • All seven people who spoke to The Seattle Times for this story — professors, analysts and attorneys — had one main takeaway: The panel blowout was not a fluke.
    Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The ProPublica investigation found that the measurement the draft report used as a reference point was a fluke and had not met the quality control standards of the local air monitoring body that registered it.
    Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of fluke
Noun
  • The key to this phenomenon is that the video participants don’t know they are being captured for posterity.
    Michael Ashley, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • In 2020, Baena wrote, directed, and produced Horse Girl, an offbeat psychological drama starring Brie as an odd introvert who experiences a series of inexplicable phenomena.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of phenomenon
Noun
  • The alleged incident took place backstage at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on April 21, 2024, after Minaj's concert had ended, the outlets report.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The incident was probably good business for chess, if not exactly for Niemann’s reputation.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of incident
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