occasions
Britishplural noun
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(sometimes singular) needs; necessities
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personal or business affairs
Example Sentences
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The push reflects the restaurant chain’s effort to capture more group dining occasions as inflation-weary consumers scrutinize spending.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 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
“While healthy bull markets often reset through rotation rather than broad liquidation, as we’ve seen on several occasions in recent years, we see tech leadership as likely to endure.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Sheed got off to a good start, having imagined on many occasions that his bike was a street-racing motorcycle.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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