goings-on
plural noun
go·ings-on
ˌgō-iŋ-ˈzȯn 
ˌgȯ(-)iŋ-,
-ˈzän
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To catch up on more goings-on in the realm of Dylan, read Madison Bloom’s review of A Complete Unknown.
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Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2025
Heading into the trade deadline, The Athletic’s Michael Russo and Joe Smith will update this trade and news tracker with all of the goings-on of the Minnesota Wild, so be sure to bookmark it and return often.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Instead of incorporating these moments into the play’s more straightforward goings-on, Elliott further heightens them by setting a prominent spotlight (lighting by Jeff Croiter) on the character, who delivers these lines not to the rest of the cast but to the audience.
—Maya Phillips, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Visceral, grisly, and exceedingly stressful, The Pitt draws a lot of its stickiness from its real-time structure: Taking a page out of 24, the 15-episode season tracks the goings-on of one entire 15-hour shift.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
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Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2025
Heading into the trade deadline, The Athletic’s Michael Russo and Joe Smith will update this trade and news tracker with all of the goings-on of the Minnesota Wild, so be sure to bookmark it and return often.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Instead of incorporating these moments into the play’s more straightforward goings-on, Elliott further heightens them by setting a prominent spotlight (lighting by Jeff Croiter) on the character, who delivers these lines not to the rest of the cast but to the audience.
—Maya Phillips, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Visceral, grisly, and exceedingly stressful, The Pitt draws a lot of its stickiness from its real-time structure: Taking a page out of 24, the 15-episode season tracks the goings-on of one entire 15-hour shift.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Goings-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goings-on. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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