goings-on

alternative goingson · alternative going-ons

1. pluralplural onlyOccurrences; things that go on, occur, or happen; events; activities.

   She sent a long letter detailing all the recent goings-on in her life.

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   Enkidu is appalled at such goings-on and rises immediately to go to Uruk.

   1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 191

   Phoenix's finest watch the goings-on with jaws agape. Machines on thick metal legs with big jangling teeth.

   1996 July, Bruce Sterling, “Is Phoenix Burning”, in Wired, →ISSN

   The_Donald wasn’t a place to debate the presidential election, or discuss the latest goings-on with their preferred candidate. “What I’m interested in is letting Donald Trump supporters speak among themselves,” a moderator of the subreddit told me in early 2016.

   2021 January 29, John Herrman, “Everything’s a Joke Until It’s Not”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2021

   Synonyms: incident, proceeding, affair, befalling, episode, instance, event, happening