- present participle of happen.
happening
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That’s what’s currently happening in the race for U.S.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
"What we can do is say the trend is happening, the trend is continuing, we see that every day now."
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
"Our job as Xbox, as we continue on in our next generation, is to take into consideration what's happening in the world and build the best experience for our players."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
According to Peña, this tag encourages the genetic structure to open, making the cell more responsive to what is happening in its environment.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
"What is happening?" wailed Val from farther up the path.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
The litigation unveiled the private happenings of Hollywood elite, including texts and emails from Lively, Baldoni and their host of A-list friends.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
This collection of notable happenings, updated every week, will keep you up appraised of ways to join the celebrations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Neither can most memoirs, but, at 85 years, Atwood’s valediction to readers shares “many strange happenings, incidents of malice, odd dreams, conversations, joyful moments, ghosts, stupid mistakes, and catastrophes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
With spacetime, it's applied uncritically to a mathematical description of happenings -- turning a model into an ontological theory on the nature of being.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
There were hundreds of stories of bizarre happenings, many of them similar.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
