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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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His inauguration in 2024, after years of political malaise, raised hopes that rampant corruption and chronic malpractices could finally be reined in.—
Ladan Anoushfar,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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As for what got Osbourne to the sorry state shown in some of these scenes, that’s a sad story that involves what the family insinuates is medical malpractice.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 Oct. 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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Once Jem enters Ray’s remote, Spartan cabin in the woods, a whirlwind of indiscretions, family legacies, abusive authority figures, and even past dealings with the IRA get revisited through conversations told mostly near the fireplace.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
2 Oct. 2025
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Personal scandals are harder to survive For most people, personal indiscretions – such as having an extramarital affair or abusing drugs – are a private matter.—
Michael Nalick,
The Conversation,
25 Sep. 2025
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There were the regular misdeeds — a slashing, a holding — but the other six were not aggressive in nature.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Last month, the NCAA revealed enforcement actions against 16 former D-I men’s basketball players who are accused of betting on or against their own teams, knowingly manipulating scoring or game outcomes, providing information to facilitate others’ bets and related misdeeds.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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His wife, Rebecca Haro, was charged with two crimes — murder and filing a false report — and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing the day Jake Haro will be sentenced.—
Madeline Morrison,
NBC news,
17 Oct. 2025
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Rafael is a crime and breaking news reporter at the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Oct. 2025
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Anyone with even a passing familiarity with the Food Network (or food media in general) has at least heard of Ina Garten.—
Taylor Tobin,
Southern Living,
14 Oct. 2025
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Being away from their owners, sudden changes in diet and routine, or a lack of familiarity can cause cats to be stressed and anxious.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Voluntary license surrender is the most common way Wisconsin educators lose their teaching credentials across all types of misconduct, including physical assault, financial impropriety and criminal convictions, the Cap Times found.—
Danielle DuClos,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Protect yourself at the first sign of coercion or impropriety.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Goings-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goings-on. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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