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current events

NOUN
current affairs
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In September, Leo urged the faithful to shake off "all passivity and indifference" toward current events.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 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

A talent like Ms. Expósito’s, however, is immune to current events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

If you pride yourself on your knowledge of current events, see if you can beat a Slate senior editor’s score in today’s news quiz!

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

One of the current events we studied in social studies class was the unusual number of small planes that had gone down in sudden squalls in the Atlantic that year.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan


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