topicality
Americannoun
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the state or quality of being topical.
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a detail or matter of current or local interest.
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These interpolations of topicality are empathetic but somewhat grafted in.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
"Given the high topicality of COVID-19 at the time, it proved a strong candidate for trying out our system."
From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2023
The screenplay strains for topicality, stuffing too many elements at once into this sad story in a bid for relevance that never quite resonates.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2023
But as Kareken, Murrell and Farrell all emphasized, that topicality was no more than a happy coincidence.
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023
Some measure of the political sensitivity and topicality of the Brecht-Weill musicals is apparent when compared with Stravinsky’s notoriously controversial Rite of Spring.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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