litigation

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Recent Examples of litigation But some people were skeptical that litigation would halt construction. Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 14 May 2026 The Star-Telegram looked at five lawsuits, though there have been others, to examine how much TCC spends defending itself against litigation. Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026 Here are some answers to your burning questions about the nonending end of It Ends With Us litigation. Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 14 May 2026 If litigation is initiated, the paper could look to subpoena communications, detention records and testimony from officials. Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for litigation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for litigation
Noun
  • That lawsuit was dismissed in December.
    Mark Puleo, New York Times, 17 May 2026
  • In recent years, a few prominent detransitioners, including Chloe Cole and Prisha Mosley, have advocated for restrictions on transition care for minors, arguing in lawsuits against doctors who treated them that their care was too easy to access and that doctors failed them.
    Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • The doctrine generally bars a party from raising a new argument on appeal that wasn’t raised earlier in the proceedings.
    Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026
  • According to reports, Lori, who wore all black for the proceeding, appeared emotionless in court and didn't speak to her attorneys before exiting the courtroom with them.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • David Letterman and Stephen Colbert stood on the roof of the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York, wearing suits and clutching watermelons to their chests.
    Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 19 May 2026
  • If Maison Estelle is known for its wild interiors, popularity with the global entrepreneurial elite and disregard for dress code, the Manor follows suit with this beautiful and boisterous second chapter.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • But their actions – the unfriending, the social ostracization – were unkind and extreme, at least from your telling.
    Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026
  • Into that landscape comes Fred Cavayé’s Les Misérables, a new action-skewed adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic about crime, justice and redemption, starring Vincent Lindon as Jean Valjean and Tahar Rahim as the relentless Inspector Javert.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026

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“Litigation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/litigation. Accessed 19 May. 2026.

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