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  • present participle of happen.
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happening

[hap-uh-ning] / ˈhæp ə nɪŋ /


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If you’re trying to understand what’s happening online: Raising a kid today requires spending a lot of time navigating digital platforms.

From Slate Sep. 10, 2026

RBC sees a 70% chance of this happening and says the move could help Sanofi as it reshapes its portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The Emeritus Rabbi of the New North London synagogue told the BBC he wanted to show that what was happening to Palestinians there mattered to him and his community.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

To reconstruct what was happening tectonically at the time, the researchers used magnetic fabric analysis.

From Science Daily Sep. 9, 2026

Time just had a way of stealing up on you and drawing people away before you realized what was happening.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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

Cypress Hill and the London Symphony Orchestra, Yorgos Lanthimos’ photography exhibition, Nicholas Pilapil’s new play and more arts headlines and happenings.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2026

When the sun vanishes early and the chill of darkness comes on deep and fast, there has always been an instinct to gather around a source of warmth and illumination for tales of fearsome happenings.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2025

Army basic-training instructor, he became a trendsetter in California’s 1960s alternative culture, hanging out with Ken Kesey, designing multimedia happenings and, in 1968, launching the Whole Earth Catalog.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

As strange as Logan County was, as often as its residents dealt with odd threats and weird occurrences and mysterious happenings, it wasn’t all bad.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles




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