Ongoing and Retrogressing

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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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Retrogressing is an antonym for ongoing.

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Ongoing is an antonym for retrogressing.

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

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