Thesaurus results for INCIDENTS

incidents

noun

plural of incident

as in events

something that happens the odd little incident was reported in the local paper

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as in accompaniments

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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Recent Examples of incidents The story centers on a transfer student’s enigmatic bond with a teacher, as a string of unexplained, supernatural incidents cracks the school’s polished facade. — Ophélie Surcouf, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026 The firings, which were first reported by The Wall Street Journal, are the latest sign of turmoil inside leading AI companies over the safety of the technology, highlighted by a series of incidents involving rogue AI agents. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 Vaccaro, who filed for divorce, is also suing Hill, 32, alleging at least eight domestic violence incidents. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 The company also introduced an additional validation mechanism intended to prevent similar incidents during future testing, according to information shared with police. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026 While the incidents do not seem to be connected, the unfortunate timing does highlight the challenges with making a stunt-heavy show like 9-1-1 on a broadcast network schedule. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026 The news state workers need to know Caltrans plans to partner with other transportation stakeholders, including companies who employ contractors, to further examine fatal incidents on highway worksites. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Botswana, which attracts international tourists for its rich wildlife, has a policy to compensate local people for human-wildlife conflict incidents and hundreds of cases are recorded each year. — Sello Motseta, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 The incidents, which involved passenger aircraft, all occurred at Sydney Airport during the past three months. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Harris has held campaign events in California, Nevada, and Georgia, starting her tour off in Michigan to stump with the progressive Democratic nominee for Michigan’s open Senate seat, Abdul el Sayed.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Flashbacks to recent events reveal that the townspeople never let Hal find peace, and even firebombed his home, only for a grown-up Noah — Kerry’s son, and Zoe’s grandson — to save him and regenerate his skin using Zoe’s covert alien tech.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of events

Noun

Formal afternoon tea is served, too, with the savory and sweet accompaniments prepared through an Indonesian lens.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Instead, Bella’s formula is to take one warm-weather favorite and give it a few decidedly fall-minded accompaniments.

— Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of accompaniments

Noun

After things go awry in the Congo, the family in The Poisonwood Bible dissolves readily.

— Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
In some ways, things have changed considerably for Reid over the last year after the television adaptation of her 2019 novel, Heated Rivalry, became a cultural phenomena.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of things

Noun

The Cornell 7 lawsuit refers to the legal document filed by an unnamed Cornell University student who accused seven men of raping and drugging her at a frat house party in October 2024 — and faced no legal consequences.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
But since that process can take years, those decisions can still have important real-world consequences.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of consequences

Noun

In the film, Frances is guided by her sense of morals in the face of really impossible circumstances.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026
That allows manufacturers to identify measures suited to their circumstances, rather than follow a universal sequence of upgrades.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of circumstances

Noun

The series, which comprises eight 45-minute episodes, is set in the near future, at a time when humanity’s survival rests on a new generation of elite pilots.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Its 2,500-plus episodes have featured two- to three-hour interviews with a range of actors, comedians, athletes, politicians, authors and more.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of episodes

Noun

Sign up for our weekly newsletter Proof Positive How does a coherent structure emerge from many small random occurrences?

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026
There’s a fragmented culture where all corners of the entertainment world are struggling to produce new versions of the sort of ubiquitous, four-quadrant successes that consumers recall as regular occurrences in earlier decades.

— Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2026

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