Ongoing
Ongoing adjective - Existing or in progress right now.
Usage example: the ongoing presidential campaign
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The story is ongoing and written in present tense and it's not certain that he'll survive.
Source: Driven To Suicide / Fan Fic - This is often the case in ongoing works where this trope is present, or ones where the author concludes without revisiting the romance.
Source: Anchored Ship -
Arrow has two ongoing timelines: one in the present, and one made of up flashbacks to the island to show how Oliver Queen became a badass.
Source: Anachronic Order
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Present and Ongoing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ongoing/present
Ongoing & Present. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ongoing/present>.
Present or Ongoing. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ongoing/present.
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