Going
Going adjective - Accepted, used, or practiced by most people.
Usage example: what's the going price for a good used washing machine?
Prevailing and going are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prevailing" instead an adjective "Going".
Nearby Word: go
Prevailing
Prevailing adjective - Accepted, used, or practiced by most people.
Usage example: the principal disagrees with the prevailing attitude toward corporal punishment
Going and prevailing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Going" instead an adjective "Prevailing".
Both words in one sentence
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Wild Palms: Going quite the other way, this 1993 miniseries, set a decade into the future, depicted the prevailing fashions as Edwardian.
Source: No New Fashions in the Future -
Humans Are Special: In spite of prevailing opinion being the above, that humans are a dangerously insane species that going to be trouble in the long run Lord Merethon, the creator, believes that they have an as yet un-realised potential and should be left alone to find it.
Source: Literature / Urn Burial
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