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happening

/ˈhæpɪnɪŋ/ adjective C2
  1. Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable. (slang)
  2. Trendy, up-to-the-minute. (slang)
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Glittering castles in Spain were shaping themselves out of the mists and rainbows of her lively fancy; adventures wonderful and enthralling were happening to her in cloudland--adventures that always turned out triumphantly and never involved her in scrapes like those of actual life.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 242 · C1
Alice was not much surprised at this, she was getting so used to queer things happening.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 47 · B2
Commencement was the next important happening.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 304 · C1
What has been happening at Tuxbury Old Park?"
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 2 · B2

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