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  • present participle of happen.
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happening

[hap-uh-ning] / ˈhæp ə nɪŋ /


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AI’s advances have paved the way for “a multitude of golden ages” happening simultaneously, Bezos said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

She told the outlet that, as it was happening, she hoped someone on the production side would call a halt to it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

She added government-funded research showed that pollution is still happening when owners were applying spot-on treatments correctly, so the current advice on application was wrong, as was failing to advise against preventative treatment.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

"What is happening today is the complete collapse of the community as a result of the settlers' continuous and repeated attacks," Farhan Jahaleen, a Bedouin from the village, told AFP in January.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Before I know what’s happening, Luna is a bouncing, rotating blur, doing a sequence of cartwheels, roundoffs, backflips—who even knows what.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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