ongoing
adjective
on·go·ing
ˈȯn-ˌgō-iŋ 
ˈän-,
-ˌgȯ(-)iŋ
1
a
: being actually in process
ongoing research
b
: continuing
The investigation is ongoing.
2
: continuously moving forward : growing
the long ongoing history of medicine
Examples of ongoing in a Sentence
the ongoing events at the school
ongoing efforts to find a cure for the disease
There is an ongoing debate over the issue.
Recent Examples on the Web
Some have yet to begin payments due to ongoing prison sentences.
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Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 13 June 2024
Among students, many say the cost of housing, food, transportation and other financial needs is an ongoing problem.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
Metro Phoenix drivers beware: Road closures or restrictions were planned for Interstate 10, U.S. 60 and Loop 101 this weekend for ongoing construction work.
—The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
For Feldman, what’s characteristically Jewish about these camps is their ongoing struggle—with God, with Torah, with the rabbis, with each other—to determine for themselves the parameters of an authentically Jewish life.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 13 June 2024
Among students, many say the cost of housing, food, transportation and other financial needs is an ongoing problem.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
Metro Phoenix drivers beware: Road closures or restrictions were planned for Interstate 10, U.S. 60 and Loop 101 this weekend for ongoing construction work.
—The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
For Feldman, what’s characteristically Jewish about these camps is their ongoing struggle—with God, with Torah, with the rabbis, with each other—to determine for themselves the parameters of an authentically Jewish life.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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“Ongoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ongoing. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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ongoing
adjective
on·go·ing
ˈȯn-ˌgō-iŋ
ˈän-
: being in progress or movement
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