as in to occur
to take place
did anything exciting happen over the summer?
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Recent Examples of happen
Instead, the researchers simply observed what happened naturally.
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Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 1 July 2025
The universe is a happening place—full of exploding stars, erupting black holes, zipping asteroids, and much more.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 1 July 2025
The compression of the NBA Finals, draft and free agency cycles into a two-week sip from the firehose unfortunately necessitates that moves like this happen now.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 22 June 2025
The incident happened on Saturday, June 14, after a group of kids allegedly were playing with gasoline and lighting things on fire in Tremont City, Ohio, WHIO-TV, WDTN-TV and The Springfield News-Sun reported.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 22 June 2025
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Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 1 July 2025
The universe is a happening place—full of exploding stars, erupting black holes, zipping asteroids, and much more.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 1 July 2025
The compression of the NBA Finals, draft and free agency cycles into a two-week sip from the firehose unfortunately necessitates that moves like this happen now.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 22 June 2025
The incident happened on Saturday, June 14, after a group of kids allegedly were playing with gasoline and lighting things on fire in Tremont City, Ohio, WHIO-TV, WDTN-TV and The Springfield News-Sun reported.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 22 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for happen
Verb
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Preliminary information indicates that the shooting occurred after a dispute between two acquaintances, the release said.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
1 July 2025
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The June 29 incident occurred as the Disney Dream was returning to Fort Lauderdale from a four-night Bahamian sailing, including a stop at Disney’s Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
Verb
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There are ways to keep EVs cool without sacrificing range.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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There was a lot of CGI involved to add the sense of height, as well as have the rope.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
28 June 2025
Verb
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While the audience members could still speak on the item about to be deferred, Rodriguez said, doing so would mean the public wouldn’t have the chance to address commissioners if the item ever came up for an actual vote at a future meeting.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2025
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Apps which are meant to make users safer and more secure but are doing the very opposite.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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“Happen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happen. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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