Ongoing
Ongoing adjective - Being in progress or development.
Topical
Topical adjective - Pertaining to the surface of a body part.
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Ongoing and topical are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ongoing" instead an adjective "Topical".
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- While the Swedish mass-emigration to the US isn't exactly an ongoing thing, the core of the story is very, very topical as of this post being written in 2015.
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Topical and Ongoing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ongoing/topical
Ongoing & Topical. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ongoing/topical>.
Topical or Ongoing. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ongoing/topical.
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