up-to-dateness

noun

as in currentness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for up-to-dateness
  1. progressiveness
  2. innovation
  3. divergence
Noun
  • Unlike Chakrabarti, Wiener has also been a part of San Francisco’s insular community for decades, and has his own base of support — though he is considered a moderate to Chakrabarti’s progressiveness.
    — Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Its reputation is one of progressiveness and social awareness.
    — Christian Orozco, NBC news, 12 Sep. 2025
Definition of progressiveness
Noun
  • In addition, Carter’s will be acting faster on consumer insights and data, and accelerating the pipeline of product and innovation to better keep up with the speed at which licenses, trends and styles come and go.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Respondents tied socialism to both economic security and government overreach, and capitalism to both innovation and inequality.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of innovation
Noun
  • The divergence has traders worried that, if the few stocks driving the gains start to falter, the broader market will be in trouble.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The study found a similar divergence in opinions among working-class Latino voters.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of divergence
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“Up-to-dateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/up-to-dateness. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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