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

Recent Examples on the Web

While discussing current events, and specifically the military conflict with Iran, Reid said that Iranians were justified in disliking the United States due to the 1953 coup in which Iran’s Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown, an effort that Great Britain and the United States aided. —Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 17 Mar. 2026

This is what Phoenix-area motorists and experts had to say about how current events in the Middle East are impacting wallets in the Valley. —Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026

Teaching current events during times of war is difficult in K-12 classrooms. —Amaarah Decuir, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026

This version has a bit more, maybe, gravitas, and is more in tune with current events. —Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for current events

• misrepresents
• ascents
• assents
• augments
• cements
• consents
• descents
• dissents
• extents
• ferments
• indents
• intents