current events

Example Sentences

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The pivot from sculpture to video games was necessitated by current events, said a member of the group.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Camus used the notebooks more as a place to organize his thoughts than as a chronicle of current events, but they do feature some real-time accounts of history.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

If the global COVID-19 pandemic didn’t wake you up to this, then maybe current events will.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

This threat is acute enough that observers are warning that the ability to anonymously make such large bets on current events could motivate the people involved to alter outcomes for their own financial benefit.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

The restaurant we were at was one of the ones in Brooklyn that was featured in a Times article I had yet to read for current events.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini