Example Sentences

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The researchers noted a lot might have transpired from the year when the survey was conducted.

From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 2024

“It is with great sadness that circumstances beyond his control have transpired which have resulted in Mr. Costner having to participate in a dissolution of marriage,” Costner’s publicist Arnold Robinson said in a statement.

From Washington Times • May 2, 2023

And Mr. Davis also said there was nothing particularly surprising in the footage he reviewed, which showed the attack on the Capitol largely as it is widely understood to have transpired.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2023

For many, the relationships that saved them during this hellish time never would have transpired, or been as deeply felt, if not for Southern California’s stay-at-home order in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2022

What would have transpired, one may ask, had one responded slightly differently that evening she came in with her vase of flowers?

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro