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co-occurrence

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Recent Examples of co-occurrence Overlapping risk factors and immune system vulnerability likely explain the co-occurrence of these two cancers. — Health Editorial Team, Health, 3 Dec. 2025

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Noun

This would account for the way that everyday concerns (like missing the bus) and unlikely occurrences (being chased by evildoers) can mesh in dreams, forming a mix of strange situations.

— Veronique Greenwood, Time, 18 Aug. 2026
The Buckeyes are ranked #1 in many preseason polls (common occurrence) and will have a target on their backs.

— Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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Can Santa Margarita show its 2025 championship in the first year of Carson Palmer as coach was no fluke?

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Somewhere deep, there's a sense of acceptance that life-threatening, trip-canceling heat waves and their rippling effects aren't a one-off fluke.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of fluke

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Unlike circuits that store classical bits, qubits can exhibit strange phenomena like superposition and entanglement that give them extra computational power.

— Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
Spot-motion puppetry show De Fabeltjeskrant, created by Leen Valkenier, first broadcast in 1968 and went on to become a cultural phenomenon in the Netherlands and Belgium.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026

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