Happening
Happening adjective - Being in the latest or current fashion.
New and happening are semantically related in fashionable topic. In some cases you can use "New" instead an adjective "Happening".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Alternately, Shakespeare just needed a reason for the murderers to talk about what they're doing rather than just doing it, and a new guy who doesn't know what's happening is a convenient device.
Source: Remember the New Guy -
Starflight kicks off with this scenario happening... Again, since Earth had been long abandoned and humanity needs to find new planets to populate now that their new homeworld is dying.
Source: Earth That Was - When Y2K mania was happening, manufacturers sold clocks three years in advance counting down to the new millennium which blinked on and off once the moment came.
Source: New Content Countdown Clock
Cite this Source
New and Happening. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/happening/new
Happening & New. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/happening/new>.
New or Happening. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/happening/new.
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