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Recent Examples of goings-on
The network is about to take the NBC out of MSNBC by renaming itself MS NOW, focusing on news, opinion and goings-on around the world.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Located on the hotel’s 22nd floor and lined with floor-to-ceiling windows and chic plantscaping, the pool is a serene retreat, offering a 360-degree perch for guests to observe the goings-on below.
—Kenne Dibner, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Inca bureaucrats recorded all the goings-on in their bustling empire using knotted cords called khipu, where the position and order of the knots represented numbers.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
The native New Yorker’s involvement with her father’s second administration (even in an entertainment capacity) is somewhat surprising, given her prior stance on goings-on inside the Beltway.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Located on the hotel’s 22nd floor and lined with floor-to-ceiling windows and chic plantscaping, the pool is a serene retreat, offering a 360-degree perch for guests to observe the goings-on below.
—Kenne Dibner, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Inca bureaucrats recorded all the goings-on in their bustling empire using knotted cords called khipu, where the position and order of the knots represented numbers.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
The native New Yorker’s involvement with her father’s second administration (even in an entertainment capacity) is somewhat surprising, given her prior stance on goings-on inside the Beltway.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goings-on
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This was straight-up malpractice from Bradley, whose captaincy hasn’t gone any better than that of the man who snubbed him in 2023, Zach Johnson.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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The Carmichael couple also accuses the hospital network of violating their right to privacy, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, and medical malpractice.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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And Floria most certainly doesn’t indulge in any of the hanky-panky in elevators and storerooms of the kind that the randy staffers in Grey’s Anatomy wallow in.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
2 Aug. 2025
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But there was no hanky-panky, and in fact the two couples had dinner together every week for two years after Dirty Dancing wrapped.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2024
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Both their indiscretions seem to be a thing of the past, if King Charles’s actions are to be believed.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
31 Aug. 2025
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Many of Combs' former colleagues have spoken out about his personal and professional indiscretions since his arrest.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
28 July 2025
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The show, so far, has emphasized a clear-eyed approach to its subjects’ misdeeds, but also curiosity about untangling their psyches.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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Hall had shredded a slew of documents relating to North’s misdeed, but was not prosecuted in exchange for her Congressional testimony.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Tennessee law holds that those who committed crimes before 1999 can choose between being put to death by lethal injection or the electric chair.—
Evan Mealins,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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The office's programming extends to other areas as well, including domestic violence, human trafficking and interacting with victims of crimes.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Dolphins also have plenty of familiarity with Wilson, who spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons in Miami.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Tocchet then touched on that familiarity to explain his logic.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Carbon offset purchases typically would infuse cash into the company at a high margin and would shield any potential impropriety from the Clippers.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
18 Sep. 2025
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The bill for all that impropriety will exceed $27 billion this year.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Goings-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goings-on. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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