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transpires

  • present tense form
    of transpire (3rd person singular).
    transpire
    verb (used without object)
    to occur; happen; take place.

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Freedom of the seas, it transpires, is challenging to enforce.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026

For one, the romance that transpires is between a living male and, let’s say, a ghostly woman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

This woman, it transpires, is fleeing an unhappy marriage; she invites herself onboard and persuades Jatgeir to run away with her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

The music becomes a soundtrack to solidarity - which, it transpires, was Taylor's intention.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2025

Nor can all that transpires in the wider culture—from Stonewall to Will & Grace to Brokeback Mountain to Glee to a U.S. president declaring his support for legalized gay marriage—change every mind in Levittown.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove