ongoing
adjective
, ˈän-, -ˌgȯ(-)iŋ\
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, ˈän- , -ˌgȯ(-)iŋ- \
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arrested, ended, halted, stalled, stopped
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Southlake police said the investigation was ongoing and wouldn’t release additional information. — Schuyler Dixon, The Denver Post, "Angels’ Tyler Skaggs died of accidental overdose," 30 Aug. 2019 Prosecutors confirmed Tuesday that inquiries into Epstein’s co-conspirators were ongoing and would continue despite the fact that the criminal case against Epstein has been dismissed due to Epstein's suicide in his jail cell earlier this month. — Bryan Llenas | Fox News, Fox News, "Video from raid on Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach mansion showed nude images of young women," 29 Aug. 2019 McLaughlin said an investigation is ongoing and declined to release more information in the case. — oregonlive.com, "Garbage truck driver ran over woman found dead in sleeping bag, Eugene police say," 28 Aug. 2019 While alarming, the situation with Starnes is not an isolated incident and follows years of ongoing NAHJ conversations with Fox News and recent meetings with management. — Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, "Department of Justice Distributes a Memo to Immigration Court Employees With a Link to A White Supremacist Site: raceAhead," 23 Aug. 2019 Negotiations are said to be ongoing and close to completion. — SI.com, "Real Madrid Linked With Pepe Reina & Willy Caballero as Keylor Navas Nears PSG Move," 23 Aug. 2019 Millions of people will tune in to the Primetime Emmys on Sept. 22, voting for which is ongoing and will continue through Aug. 29. — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, "Emmys: Twitch, Facebook, 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' and 'Patriot Act' Among Juried Award Winners," 23 Aug. 2019 The investigation into the crash is ongoing and no citations or arrests have been made as of Aug. 22, the sheriff’s office said. — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Police have identified the victim of a fatal motorcycle crash on I-894 in West Allis," 22 Aug. 2019 The university later tweeted that the situation was ongoing and asked people to avoid the area. — Matt Peterson, Dallas News, "'There was no threat': LSU gets back to normal after report of armed intruder," 20 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ongoing.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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