Ongoing and Receding

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Ongoing adjective - Being in progress or development.

Usage example: the ever ongoing quest for knowledge by men and women of science

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Receding is an antonym for ongoing.

Receding adjective - (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back.

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Ongoing is an antonym for receding.

Nearby Words: recede, receded

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Receding and Ongoing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ongoing/receding

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