Thesaurus results for GOINGS-ON

goings-on

noun

Definition of goings-on

as in malpractice

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Recent Examples of goings-on Arte is co-producing the Rafe Spall-starring Channel 4 series about goings-on inside the UK Prime Minister’s dwelling, joining pre-buyers HBO Max Australia, New Zealand’s TVNZ, Finland’s YLE, Denmark’s DR and Norway’s NRK. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026 Taylor’s series, about the goings-on at a dude ranch and in the lives of its mostly young staff members, also starred Joe Torres, Debi Kalman, Kelly Brown, Josh Tygiel, David Brisbin, and David Lascher, whom Taylor dated in her Nickelodeon days. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2026 Morris contributed a logical note to sneaky goings-on, and Lupus made his silent bit seem credible. — Ed Olmstead, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026 Half of the game's length is swallowed up by me trudging from point A to point B while characters yap endlessly about the current goings-on. — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026 No one is born understanding what a yield curve is, and even financial experts sometimes struggle to articulate the goings-on of the cryptic $160 trillion market. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026 The sibling drama, meanwhile, rather fades out of view amid these loftier goings-on; the film’s narrative begins to feel devised by the old parlor game Consequences, repeatedly wrenched in erratic new directions. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026 She’s given a worthy avatar in Mason, who brings an appropriately surreal understanding to the goings-on in Effie’s life, but never turns Effie into a caricature. — Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026 Jackie’s rise to reality stardom began after Friends of Big Bear Valley installed a webcam in 2015 to capture the goings-on of her parents’ nest. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

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Noun

She has never been investigated for malpractice or been sanctioned by the medical board, the records showed.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026
The Times’ belated discovery of Bragg’s malpractice emerged through an unlikely incident that has not been reported in full.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of malpractice

Noun

The screening usually focusses on clandestine hanky-panky, but this season the girls’ irreverence was so abundant that the producers treated them to an unprecedented second viewing night.

— Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
So just to be critical or even open to suspicion of hanky-panky or shenanigans around vaccination is immediately shut down by The New York Times or anybody.

— David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025

Definition of hanky-panky

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Rogers’ indiscretion was later exploited by online blackmail scammers, ultimately leading to his downfall.

— Eamon Javers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
All of these cases have provided something of a template for missteps and indiscretions by people who work in sports media.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of indiscretion

Noun

With local cops, plagued by rumors of departmental misdeeds, looking for a peaceful solution and federal authorities contemplating extreme action, the situation escalates.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
More recently, investigations of financial misdeeds have inspired public ennui.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of misdeed

Noun

Xuan’s attorney, Mitchell Krems, previously noted his client had never been convicted of a crime.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
The frontrunner is Marine Le Pen, who has worked for years to make her far-right party, the National Rally, more electable while campaigning on immigration, crime, and denunciation of an out-of-touch political class.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of crime

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The blog post adds that newer models and wider AI familiarity might change the results if the trial were run today.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Compared with other fall style trends, which constantly explore new silhouettes and colors, denim offers a little more familiarity to creatures of habit like myself.

— Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of familiarity

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Denver's Ethics Code includes provisions addressing conflicts of interest and the appearance of impropriety.

— Brian Maass, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
The reasoning is to avoid the perception of impropriety that could come from making a ruling that contradicts what viewers are seeing on television.

— Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of impropriety

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