happening
noun
something that happens; occurrence; event.
happenings
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pluralof happening.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“This is so fun,” April Zhang-Autio, who often attends art happenings around the city, said while wandering from a cabana area to a merch booth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
What makes “Recession” so vivid, and so unsettling, is that Mr. Goodspeed rarely finds recessions caused by a single one of these shocks, but by a series of adverse happenings over a short period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Bill Pullman, Geena Davis, Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard and more star in an eight-part series about a retirement community beset by strange happenings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
The litigation unveiled the private happenings of Hollywood elite, including texts and emails from Lively, Baldoni and their host of A-list friends.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
He pored over her flowery script as she recounted the happenings of her life.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
