course of events

noun phrase

: the things that have happened, that are happening, or that will happen

It's difficult to predict the course of events.

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That turmoil in Latin America shaped this course of events, even if indirectly, challenges the assumption that Latin America is too peripheral, too insular, and too small in population terms to exert much influence in world events. —

Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2024 But a hug—or a small kindness of any kind—might have gone a long way in changing the course of events. —

Erik Kain, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024 Content by this author: Current Monetary Issues An able analytical study of the whole question and of the course of events since the London Conference, with special reference to the new departures in this country. —

Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024 In the normal course of events, this would not warrant transfer. —

Carlos Castañeda, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for course of events

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