She went in order to be topical (2,3,4)

I believe the answer is:

in the news

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'be topical' is the definition.
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'she went in order' is the wordplay.
'order' indicates an anagram.
'she'+'went'+'in'='shewentin'
'shewentin' anagrammed gives 'IN THE NEWS'.

'to' acts as a link.

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