co-occur
Americanverb (used without object)
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Etymology
Origin of co-occur
First recorded in 1950–55
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French says the way influencer stressors co-occur with other stressors is similar to the way humans experience co-morbidities, such as when someone is diagnosed with heart disease.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2024
Previous studies have demonstrated that wildfires and extreme heat co-occur with great frequency, and that people’s physiological responses to the hazards are related, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
If you look at the way that choice occurs in common speech, both within the United States and in Ireland, it tends to co-occur with consumer things.
From Slate ● May 16, 2022
These sleep spindles often co-occur with slow-wave sleep, a particular frequency of slowly oscillating EEG activity.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2022
These so-called comorbidities—meaning the conditions co-occur with Internet addiction—include “attention-deficit hyperactivity, mood, anxiety and personality disorders.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
In every place, copies of the Borg co-occurred with DNA linked to a methane-oxidizing archaeon called Methanoperedens.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 15, 2021
In the early 1980s, for instance, it was clinicians’ observations that pneumocystis pneumonia co-occurred with Kaposi’s sarcoma in men in San Francisco that led to the identification of HIV/AIDS as the common risk factor19.
From Nature ● Mar. 23, 2020
What happened in 2015 is that very low precipitation co-occurred with record high temperatures.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 14, 2015
The nonprofit Fred Brown Recovery Services was seeking to acquire the five-acre property and turn it into a 106-bed inpatient recovery center for “veterans, the justice-involved, the unhoused, and those with co-occurring conditions.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Among the most common co-occurring illnesses were chronic fatigue syndrome and mast cell activation syndrome, or MCAS, a condition where patients experience intense episodes of diarrhea, hives, vomiting, and, in many cases, life-threatening anaphylaxis attacks.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2025
Nevertheless, these results suggest that these co-occurring colour morphs may be an adaptive response to climate conditions.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024
Interestingly, recent research suggests this can carry over to co-occurring content.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2023
Some of her clients are elderly and have co-occurring conditions like dementia.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
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