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as in occurrence
the occurrence or existence of several things at once
the concurrence of my birthday and the concert by my favorite band made my preference for a birthday present pretty obvious
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as in agreement
the state of being of one opinion about something
looked for some sign of concurrence among the delegates to the conference
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as in permission
the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something
we needed the concurrence of the boss before proceeding with the project
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Recent Examples of concurrence
Baker’s opinion was joined by five other justices, and one other, Justice Jim Rice, offered a concurrence and a dissent from her majority ruling.
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Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Dec. 2024
Barrett’s concurrence also noted that foreign ownership of a platform could alter the analysis — something that is at the center of TikTok’s challenge of a new law that would force it to be divested from Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a ban.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 1 July 2024
Barrett’s concurrence devoted a paragraph to raising questions about the federal government’s TikTok ban, which is likely to reach the Supreme Court in 2025.
—Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 3 July 2024
Writing dissents and concurrences is a rare thing for busy federal appeals court judges.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Dec. 2024
Barrett’s concurrence also noted that foreign ownership of a platform could alter the analysis — something that is at the center of TikTok’s challenge of a new law that would force it to be divested from Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a ban.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 1 July 2024
Barrett’s concurrence devoted a paragraph to raising questions about the federal government’s TikTok ban, which is likely to reach the Supreme Court in 2025.
—Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 3 July 2024
Writing dissents and concurrences is a rare thing for busy federal appeals court judges.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concurrence
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Loki's Transformation Trouble: Resolved a rare occurrence where Loki's Ultimate Ability transformation would end immediately after activation in unstable network conditions.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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Each new occurrence, in turn, fills many with a greater and greater sense of insecurity.—
Alissa Quart,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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The City Council approved several amendments to the Community Master Plan as well as a new agreement with developer Festival Ranch North, LLC, since the original one expired.—
Alexandra Hardle,
The Arizona Republic,
16 Feb. 2025
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Government officials and local civil society leaders didn’t immediately comment, though Congo’s Communications Ministry said the rebels had violated cease-fire agreements and attacked Congolese troops working to avoid urban warfare and violence in Bukavu.—
Justin Kabumba,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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Harvard-Westlake paid more than $40 million for the land in 2021, then had to go through years of community meetings while getting permits and receiving permission from the city to build.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2025
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The big picture: The early days of Trump's second administration — as Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) crew execute a hostile takeover of the federal government's digital infrastructure — are giving Washington a crash course in the importance of system permissions.—
Richard Collings,
Axios,
4 Feb. 2025
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The rare coincidence comes after both competitions’ dates shifted in recent years.—
Jennifer Peltz,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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On the surface, the parallels are awe-inspiring, as surface coincidences can be.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
The New Yorker,
2 Feb. 2025
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The consensus estimates are hovering around a net gain of 170,000 jobs for last month, according to FactSet.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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While the school board has not said how the district would be split, the consensus among the public is that the line would form along Denton Highway (U.S. 377).—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Feb. 2025
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Trump contends that efforts to limit local coordination on immigration shield violent criminals from deportation, although studies have found immigrants living in the country without authorization are not more likely to commit crimes than the general population.—
Grace Hase,
The Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2025
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All of them were in the country without authorization, having either entered the county illegally or overstayed their visas, the FBI agent wrote.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
6 Feb. 2025
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The scene was captured on Jan. 19 beside one of the auxiliary telescopes that contribute to ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, a system of four telescopes working in unison.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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But footage released soon after the press conference shows most of the group complying with officers and walking away, singing in unison.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2025
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Human Services Advisory board At a county commission work session the same evening of Lancaster’s swearing-in ceremony Monday, Wortman questioned an upcoming consent agenda item that recommended Lancaster be appointed to the county’s Human Services Advisory Board.—
Nora O’Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Feb. 2025
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So then, consent has been manufactured in the media to dehumanize and discriminate against trans people.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2025
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