occasions

/ əˈkeɪʒənz /

plural noun

1. (sometimes singular) needs; necessities

2. personal or business affairs

Example Sentences

Bellamy is clear about how he wants his team to play – pressing high, attacking whenever possible – but acknowledged that, on occasions like this against superior opposition, that will not always be possible.

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On the rare occasions I catch a game on TV, nearly all of the action consists of strikeouts, home runs, pitching changes and hoopla.

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I am familiar with this because I have been arrested by Hamas on 20 occasions and tortured more than once.

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But instead in Takaichi it picked an ardent Japanese nationalist who embraces debt-fueled government spending, a policy mix the party rejected twice when she stood for the leadership on two previous occasions.

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The Championship side have been struggling on and off the field in 2025, with the club failing to pay players on time on five separate occasions, including in September.

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Related Words

• affair 
• celebration 
• circumstance 
• episode 
• experience 
• incident 
• milestone 
• moment 
• scene 
• thing 
• time