co-occurrence

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Recent Examples of co-occurrence Overlapping risk factors and immune system vulnerability likely explain the co-occurrence of these two cancers. Health Editorial Team, Health, 3 Dec. 2025
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Noun
  • Stray dogs aren’t an abnormal occurrence but Sierra had something most stray dogs didn’t.
    Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
  • In each prior occurrence, the stock went on to experience additional upside over the ensuing months.
    Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • The wildfires, the droughts, the water shortages hitting CA-48 right now are not coincidences.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • But Jones, who says the pose came about organically, and others agreed the similarities were likely a coincidence.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • They were throttled from start to finish, giving a young and inexperienced Spurs team plenty of confidence that Monday’s loss was nothing more than a fluke.
    Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • In 2017, a whale that had become entangled in fishing lines in the North Atlantic was freed by an experienced whale rescuer, then promptly killed the man with a flick of its fluke.
    Robin Romm, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • For Reykjavik native Gulla Jónsdóttir, the Aurora Borealis phenomena, molten-red erupting volcanoes, black sand shores and hot water grottoes were part of everyday life growing up.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
  • Previously, in 2021, the Pentagon published a report investigating UAP that found no evidence linking such phenomena to aliens or extraterrestrial activity.
    Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • The Venezuelan government requested information about the incident and the action plan for mitigating and containing the spill, and demanded reparation measures in accordance with international environmental law, the statement added.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • Ikner also discussed the Columbine High School shooting, the Virginia Tech shooting and other mass shooting incidents with ChatGPT, the lawsuit says.
    Laura Jarrett, NBC news, 10 May 2026

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“Co-occurrence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/co-occurrence. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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