topical
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- adjective
- /ˈtɑːpɪkəl/
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de actualidad
- The news report covered several topical issues affecting our community today.
- topical issue
- topical discussion
- topical debate
The first of these is the supreme importance of being topical and relevant.
- The first of these is the supreme importance of being topical and relevant.
- And that seems to be the topical issue of the day.
- How much of A role should brands play in important topical cultural issues?
- Neuroscience Society, of course, has this really convenient acronym SPINS, which is, you know, topical in this election season here.
- We're trying to laser in on topical issues that are somewhat Evergreen but show up in the news cycle.
- So definitely looking at a few scheduled work deloads to stay topical to the conversation.
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Why don't we talk about something a little bit topical for fun?
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Let us single out some of the most topical problems.
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And that seems to be the topical issue of the day.
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I think it's, it's very topical right now.
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The first of these is the supreme importance of being topical and relevant.
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These people created material based on topical situations.
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And what's interesting and, and and topical right now is that I had to back out of directing a film overseas because of the pandemic.
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We're trying to laser in on topical issues that are somewhat Evergreen but show up in the news cycle.
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But while we have Jack on the line and Ted being former SEC, let's bring in this coronavirus because that's topical today.
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Entertaining opportunities to debate interesting topical issues tempt students away from tedious but often very important courses.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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Happening now at this time
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Compounds
- Specialized
Temporary numbness in a small area when someone puts numbing medicine on the skin or in the mouth
- Specialized
A medicine in drops that you put in the eye to lower eye pressure and treat glaucoma
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Etymology
The word topical comes from the Greek topos, meaning 'place', and shares the root with topic. That's why a topical issue is a subject people are talking about now — it is a subject 'in the public place' or of current interest.