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arraignment

noun

Definition of arraignment

as in impeachment

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Recent Examples of arraignment Grand jury proceedings are secret, but if an indictment is returned, it’s generally unsealed when prosecutors bring the defendant into court for arraignment. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026 His arraignment hearing is expected take place Tuesday or Wednesday in Sacramento Superior Court. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Joseph Felix Badio’s arraignment and detention hearing were postponed after his attorney, Lauren Krasnoff, filed a motion to withdraw because of a potential conflict. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026 Paul and Thomas Robinson are both expected to be in court later this week for arraignment proceedings. — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 His arraignment was pending in Manhattan Criminal Court Monday. — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026 They were released on Friday morning after an arraignment in Manhattan criminal court. — John Miller, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2026 He was held on a $2 million bond pending his arraignment on Wednesday at Bridgeport Superior Court. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026 Prosecutors requested that her bail be set at $914,500 ahead of her arraignment at the Antelope Valley Courthouse. — Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

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Noun

The House approved articles of impeachment against him in 2019 on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress before the Senate acquitted him in February 2020.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 27 Sep. 2026
Democrats will more likely focus their impeachment efforts on Cabinet members.

— Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of impeachment

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Einbinder and Sarandon were both detained during the protest, and in the hours after her release, the Hacks star re-upped her unambiguous condemnation of Netanyahu’s New York visit.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026
By the time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived on the floor of the United Nations, his country had been on the receiving end of scores of condemnations from the podium for two days.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026

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Apple prefaced its reveal with a denunciation of foldables that open into a square aspect ratio.

— Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
What Assange wanted was not a system hardened against attacks, but one tied in knots, hopelessly conflicted and filled with suspicion, denunciations, and purges.

— Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

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