current events
noun
variants
or less commonly current affairs
chiefly US
: important events that are happening in the world
She reads several newspapers so she can keep track of current events.
Examples of current events in a Sentence
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Many of Meta’s splashiest AI features have so far been character focused — celebrity chatbots the company recently scrapped, for example — instead of centered around current events.
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Mia Sato, The Verge, 25 Oct. 2024
This year, as in years past, the results of the survey reflect current events.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
The following article is an excerpt from the new edition of In Review by David Ehrlich, a biweekly newsletter in which our Chief Film Critic and Head Reviews Editor rounds up the site’s latest reviews and muses about current events in the movie worlds.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
As a performer known for offering insightful, comedic takes on current events, often in the style of investigative journalism, to be branded as a fabricator seemed like a knockout blow.
—Will Digravio, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
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Mia Sato, The Verge, 25 Oct. 2024
This year, as in years past, the results of the survey reflect current events.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
The following article is an excerpt from the new edition of In Review by David Ehrlich, a biweekly newsletter in which our Chief Film Critic and Head Reviews Editor rounds up the site’s latest reviews and muses about current events in the movie worlds.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
As a performer known for offering insightful, comedic takes on current events, often in the style of investigative journalism, to be branded as a fabricator seemed like a knockout blow.
—Will Digravio, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Current events.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/current%20events. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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