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as in event
something that happens
the odd little incident was reported in the local paper
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as in accompaniment
something that is found along with something else
a teen discovering that taxes are the inevitable and evil incident of a paying job
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as in accompanying
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Recent Examples of incident
Isabel Van Brugen
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
Law enforcement has not said why Phay was in Southern California or provided any possible motivation for the violent incident.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 29 May 2025
Kim Key, PCMAG, 11 Aug. 2022
The timing will be miserably co-incident, a rare moment in economic history, the economist’s equivalent of a solar eclipse: higher inflation, higher interest rates, slumping economic output.
—Gerard Baker, WSJ, 25 July 2022
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Noun
Surveillance footage of the incident circulated by Telegram channels linked to Russian law enforcement agencies purportedly showed the moment Gurtsiyev was caught up in the blast.
—Isabel Van Brugen
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
Law enforcement has not said why Phay was in Southern California or provided any possible motivation for the violent incident.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 29 May 2025
Adjective
At Black Hat, the researchers argued that this strategy should also be applied to cyber-incident investigations.
—Kim Key, PCMAG, 11 Aug. 2022
The timing will be miserably co-incident, a rare moment in economic history, the economist’s equivalent of a solar eclipse: higher inflation, higher interest rates, slumping economic output.
—Gerard Baker, WSJ, 25 July 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incident
Noun
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Before Emmy voting begins, networks and studios host FYC (For Your Consideration) events to showcase their work, usually through screenings and meet-and-greets with stars in Los Angeles.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2025
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Pride Month in the nation's capital this year is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of participants across three weeks of programming consisting of over 300 events for World Pride 2025, an annual international festival that celebrates the LGBTQ+ community.—
Joanne Haner,
ABC News,
2 June 2025
Noun
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With a world premiere at Tribeca in June, the visual accompaniment is a one-of-a-kind pop opera featuring 13 original new songs from the Something Beautiful album.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
21 May 2025
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As were the accompaniments: beans, rice, escabeche yucca and the coldest Medalla beer maybe ever recorded.—
Chloe Sorvino,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Apple, on the other hand, has stuck to its typical formula and developed both its Vision Pro headset and the accompanying visionOS operating system.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
21 May 2025
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Business leaders must align their AI initiatives with strategic goals that reflect their existing values and overall vision and then create organizational readiness by focusing not only on the technological aspect of a project but the necessary accompanying change management as well.—
Chris Brown,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
Noun
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There are worse things that can be done to good government than junking Humphrey’s Executor, and Trump is busily engaged in many of them.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
29 May 2025
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And doing that amount of blood coming out of Barry’s neck is a one-take thing.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Presumably this allele offered some as yet unknown protective effect that outweighed its attendant risk of celiac disease.—
Kermit Pattison,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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The Executive will lose much from a public perception of its lawlessness and all of its attendant contagions.—
TIME Staff,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And, while the circumstances of this stranding are unusual, cetacean strandings in general are a relatively common occurrence.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
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The circumstances illuminate a pressing issue in award campaigning: the lack of rigorous oversight in category placement.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Watch the full conversation with Biel in the View episode, above.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
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Earlier this year, Sandbrook teamed with Wheelhouse to develop unscripted programs from the podcast’s library of over 600 episodes.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Unfortunately, with the climate crisis ramping up, concomitant air quality issues loom large.—
Henna Hundal,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Given a concomitant 7% decline in overall TV usage this season, any year-to-year gain is encouraging, but a vanishing act by the NBA’s last remaining big draw would likely drive the Nielsen numbers down in a hurry.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
11 May 2025
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“Incident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incident. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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