occasions
Britishplural noun
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(sometimes singular) needs; necessities
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personal or business affairs
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This year, Dobbin has left the house on just five occasions.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Mikhmas is located in the central West Bank between Ramallah and Jerusalem, near several Israeli settlement outposts whose residents have attacked the community on several occasions in recent months.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
“On rare occasions you see a car that is going to sell a lot of units and has not yet been introduced to the market,” the bank says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
“Since that really big winter in 1983, we’ve had several occasions of pretty active winter storms, but we’ve sort of dodged bullets because those storms, in general, didn’t fall upon the highest tides,” Cayan said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
He carried smelling salts in his pocket for such occasions.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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