happen
verb (used without object)
to take place; come to pass; occur.
will be happening
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future progressiveof happen.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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Seven-on-seven tournaments will be happening almost every weekend in June.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
“The push for defense is not going away from a geopolitical standpoint,” Manthey said, adding that a lot of the manufacturing required for the industry will be happening in Europe.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026
“It’s not particularly well understood that this will be happening soon,” says Daniel Hornung, policy fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2025
"I am almost 100% percent sure that it will be happening again this year," said Alicja Herda, one of the organisers of Warsaw's Equality March.
From Reuters ● Jun. 17, 2023
I’m not sure how much future rewriting will be happening.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
