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current events

NOUN
current affairs
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Share of U.S. adults that say businesses should take public stands on current events, down from 51% last year, according to a poll by Gallup and Bentley University.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Grigoryan said that Voskanyan lived in Glendale with his mother and brother and was an intelligent man who loved reading books and was well versed on politics, sports and current events.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

The adults would engage in animated conversation, usually about current events, while we, the dozen or so kids, kept ourselves busy inventing games.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

"The hippocampus is important for our ability to distinguish between similar but different memories and separate the emotional connotation of past memories and current events," Dupont says.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Members staged plays, sponsored sports teams and sewing circles, and taught courses in black history and current events.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson


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