recent occurrence

collocation in English

meaningsofrecentandoccurrence

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recent
adjective
uk
/ˈriː.sənt/us
/ˈriː.sənt/
happening or starting from a short ...
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occurrence
noun
uk
/əˈkʌr.əns/us
/əˈkɝː.əns/
something ...
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(Definition ofrecentandoccurrencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrecent occurrence

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A longer interval between earliest and mostrecentoccurrenceimplies a greater likelihood that the problems are part of a stable behavioral repertoire.
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For older boys fatherlessness was a morerecentoccurrencewith little immediate effect on stature.
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I am aware of only one case ofrecentoccurrence.
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The investigation into the mostrecentoccurrencehas just been completed and the results will be included in the statement in due course.
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I have another case also ofrecentoccurrence.
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Preliminary information about therecentoccurrencesuggests that shortage of fuel may have been responsible.
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In any case it is an event of comparativelyrecentoccurrence.
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It has nothing to do with anyrecentoccurrence.
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I cannot think that the instances he had in mind were ofrecentoccurrence.
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This decline in agriculture is not one ofrecentoccurrence.
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To some of us thisrecentoccurrenceis quite an acceptable foretaste of what will become a common sort of experience.
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It is not arecentoccurrence.
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That is ofrecentoccurrence.
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I want to call attention to a veryrecentoccurrencein which this prerogative has been exercised and the way in which it has been exercised.
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However, its presence on the hill is a relativelyrecentoccurrence.
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The volcano's observed history has mostly been one of effusive eruptions; however, this is a relativelyrecentoccurrence.
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Possible reasons for this discrepancy are patient age, timing of treatment and therecentoccurrenceof a myocardial infarction.
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The rhinoceros population requires constant monitoring and protection due to their threatened status, continued pressure and therecentoccurrenceof rhino poaching elsewhere in the country.
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It is felt that this fanaticism might erupt again if he were allowed to return to his district and to hear of recent occurrences.
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Recent occurrences remind us at once how important this is.
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