incidents

noun

plural of incident
1
as in events
something that happens the odd little incident was reported in the local paper

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2
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 But analysts say the incidents are unlikely to bring remaining shipping activity through the Strait to a halt, even as major container lines largely stay away. — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 The message did not identify specific incidents or detail any investigations or actions in response to the concerns. — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Last year’s olive harvest saw a surge of such incidents across the West Bank as settlers attacked Palestinians and prevented them from accessing their land. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 OpenAI’s public tracker of misalignment, or behavior that goes against instructions or safety rules, now lists 19 incidents, ranging from accessing data without permission to making unauthorized changes to business systems. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 In Meta’s case, creepy video-recording incidents and privacy-light tampering have caused severe headaches for the company. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 In the latest incidents, fires broke out on two ships struck by drones Wednesday and Thursday, one in Romania's territorial waters. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 The strikes followed a string of attacks on Sunday that marked the highest single-day tally of maritime incidents since the start of the war in Iran. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incidents
  1. events
  2. accompaniments
  3. things
  4. consequences
  5. circumstances
  6. episodes
  7. occurrences
Noun
  • Hundreds also turned out for a No Kings protest in Boise Saturday, one of 3,000 such events nationwide aimed at mobilizing early voters.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Part of its purpose, from the beginning, was not only to deliver new facts but to interpret ragged events for a nervous audience of relatively prosperous, largely white viewers who shared Wallace’s concern about the shape and tenor of the future.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of events
Noun
  • Make little parcels with the fish and all the accompaniments to make a perfect bite.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of accompaniments
Noun
  • Which brings us back to the list of things that lasted longer than Zacharia’s term as White House Press Secretary.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The wide-leg pants keep things relaxed, and the ruched waist on the knit top adds shape and makes the whole look feel more polished than a standard sweatshirt set.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of things
Noun
  • The consequences of these choices for American industry, workers, and labor market will be much larger than the – also important – pathways for entry level college graduates.
    — Byron Auguste, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Inclusion on the list could also presage a Section 301 investigation that could lead to legal consequences or restrictive import controls on the devices.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of consequences
Noun
  • The goal is to spare residents the inconvenience of repeatedly visiting government offices, particularly when little has changed in their circumstances.
    — Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
  • But now, there are no circumstances to be had, and the DP World Tour announced that LIV players are no longer welcome.
    — Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of circumstances
Noun
  • Our main hurdle has always been convincing people to pay for a cinema ticket to watch two episodes of a series.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • In terms of my book and the film, the themes are the same, but the episodes change.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 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
Definition of occurrences

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“Incidents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incidents. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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