Next and Pending

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Next adjective - Being the one that comes immediately after another.

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Pending and next are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pending" instead an adjective "Next".

Pending adjective - Not yet settled or decided.

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Next and pending are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Next" instead an adjective "Pending".

He's arrested and pending court martial, but the next day his company is shipped to Mars to investigate a distress call from the Union Aerospace Corporation.

Source: Literature / Doom
The Labour Party, who were in coalition with Fianna Fáil, withdrew their support and joined Fine Gael in forming the next government, pending the next general election in 1997.

Source: Useful Notes / Prime Ministers of Ireland

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