course of events
noun phrase
: the things that have happened, that are happening, or that will happen
It's difficult to predict the course of events.
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But a hug—or a small kindness of any kind—might have gone a long way in changing the course of events.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Content by this author: Current Monetary Issues An able analytical study of the whole question and of the course of events since the London Conference, with special reference to the new departures in this country.
—Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
In the normal course of events, this would not warrant transfer.
—Carlos Castañeda, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024
Various factors, each of which can be represented as a layer of cheese, and each of which could have altered the course of events, line up.
—Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 July 2024
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Content by this author: Current Monetary Issues An able analytical study of the whole question and of the course of events since the London Conference, with special reference to the new departures in this country.
—Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
In the normal course of events, this would not warrant transfer.
—Carlos Castañeda, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024
Various factors, each of which can be represented as a layer of cheese, and each of which could have altered the course of events, line up.
—Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for course of events
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“Course of events.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/course%20of%20events. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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