...find a word that could mean current and upcoming ... Or [other] shorter ways to describe it?
From en.wiktionary, pending has three senses that make it a suitable answer:
- awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation
- begun but not completed
- about to happen; imminent or impending
(Oxforddictionaries.com and collinsdictionary.com
include similar senses.) As you can see, the latter two senses correspond reasonably well to “current” things and “upcoming” things.
In spite of those dictionary entries, I tend to discount or disregard the “begun but not completed” sense, so I'm not able to enthusiastically back pending as an answer to the question. In addition, many of the British English synonyms Oxforddictionaries.com suggests seem to me inappropriate or irrelevant, but you may find them worth considering:
unresolved, undecided, unsettled, unconcluded, uncertain, awaiting decision, awaiting action, undetermined, (still) open, hanging fire, (up) in the air, in limbo, in the balance, on ice, in reserve, in abeyance, ongoing, awaiting attention, outstanding, to be done, undone, not done, unattended to, unfinished, incomplete, left, remaining for first two senses, and
imminent, impending, about to happen/be, forthcoming, upcoming, on the way, coming, approaching, looming, gathering, prospective, near, nearing, close, close at hand, in the offing, in the wind, to come, -to-be, anticipated, expected for third sense
Other terms I think relevant include looming, on the docket, on deck, pipelined, near term, and peri-, a prefix meaning near, on, around. However, none of the 132 terms that begin with peri- look applicable.
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