ongoing
adjective
on·go·ing
ˈȯn-ˌgō-iŋ 
ˈän-,
-ˌgȯ(-)iŋ
1
a
: being actually in process
ongoing research
b
: continuing
The investigation is ongoing.
2
: continuously moving forward : growing
the long ongoing history of medicine
Examples of ongoing in a Sentence
the ongoing events at the school
ongoing efforts to find a cure for the disease
There is an ongoing debate over the issue.
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Photovogue, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2025
This is an extension of an ongoing trend in the financial services industry.
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The only militia that was permitted to keep its weapons after the civil war (on account of its ongoing fight against the Israeli occupation), Hezbollah today operates as a de facto state within a non-state, deciding Lebanon’s fate in tandem with clerics in Tehran.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Warning comes after previous raw pet food recall over bird flu
The death of an Oregon house cat and a recent pet food recall had already raised questions about the ongoing outbreak of bird flu and how people can protect their pets.
—CBS News, 1 Jan. 2025
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Photovogue, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2025
This is an extension of an ongoing trend in the financial services industry.
—Paul Davis, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The only militia that was permitted to keep its weapons after the civil war (on account of its ongoing fight against the Israeli occupation), Hezbollah today operates as a de facto state within a non-state, deciding Lebanon’s fate in tandem with clerics in Tehran.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Warning comes after previous raw pet food recall over bird flu
The death of an Oregon house cat and a recent pet food recall had already raised questions about the ongoing outbreak of bird flu and how people can protect their pets.
—CBS News, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Ongoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ongoing. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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ongoing
adjective
on·go·ing
ˈȯn-ˌgō-iŋ
ˈän-
: being in progress or movement
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