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topicality

American  
[top-i-kal-i-tee] / ˌtɒp ɪˈkæl ɪ ti /

noun

topicalities plural
  1. the state or quality of being topical.

  2. a detail or matter of current or local interest.


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Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of topicality

First recorded in 1900–05; topical + -ity

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These interpolations of topicality are empathetic but somewhat grafted in.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

Since the early 1990s, Gilmour’s frequent lyrical collaborator has been wife Polly Sampson, whose sensitivity and topicality often reveals a heart-rending reality that’s never heavy-handed.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 1, 2024

"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

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

In 1920 he was working for a film slide company, and his ani mated cartoon career was launched with a series based on Kansas City topicalities.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gallagher & Shean kept the nation chuckling over their fresh lyrical topicalities for five years, until fame and boomtime stage salaries went to Gallagher's head.

From Time Magazine Archive

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