1) Approaching 2) Awaiting decision 3) Being awaited 4) Future 5) Hanging prince dying 6) Imminent 7) Impending 8) In anticipation of 9) Like some patents 10) Near-term 11) Next 12) Sarawak state constituency 13) Undecided 14) Unfinished 15) Until 16) Upcoming 1) Awaiting 2) Due 3) Inthehopper 4) On the back burner 5) Pendant 6) Suspended 7) Until 8) Up in the air 
• (a.) Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspense; as, a pending suit. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pend • (prep.) During; as, pending the trail.
Legal proceedings not yet decided.
[Adjective] Not yet settled, something that will happen soon.
Pend'ing adjective [ Latin pendere to hang, to be suspended. Confer Pendent .] Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspense; as, a pending suit. Pend'ing preposition During; as, pending the trail. 
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[adj] - awaiting conclusion or confirmation
adjective awaiting conclusion or confirmation; `business still pending`