current events
noun
variants
or less commonly current affairs
chiefly US
: important events that are happening in the world
She reads several newspapers so she can keep track of current events.
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You are bound to experience a firehose of constant calculative conversations about current events.
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Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
In previous Dragon Age games, whenever the player traversed the world, non-playable party members would talk to each other about current events or their interests, fleshing out their perspectives and constantly evolving the dynamic between the team.
—George Yang, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
Inspiration for Halloween costumes come from everywhere — movies, books, TV shows, celebrities, current events.
—Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
Those moments, too, are when the force of current events — expanding Israeli military brutality to the point of genocide in Gaza as well as elsewhere in the Middle East, all with American government funding — bears hardest on the production itself.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
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Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
In previous Dragon Age games, whenever the player traversed the world, non-playable party members would talk to each other about current events or their interests, fleshing out their perspectives and constantly evolving the dynamic between the team.
—George Yang, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
Inspiration for Halloween costumes come from everywhere — movies, books, TV shows, celebrities, current events.
—Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
Those moments, too, are when the force of current events — expanding Israeli military brutality to the point of genocide in Gaza as well as elsewhere in the Middle East, all with American government funding — bears hardest on the production itself.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Current events.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/current%20events. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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