Definition of docketnext
as in agenda
a listing of things to be presented or considered (as at a concert or play) on the Broadway docket for the early part of this season

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Recent Examples of docket In July 2024, a federal judge ruled that the case can move forward, but there hasn’t been any activity in the case since April, according to the court docket. Tess Riski march 3, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026 No lawyer was listed for him on the court docket. Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026 At the time of publication, just a fraction of the 7,300 comments submitted to the health department have been posted to the docket. Mario Aguilar, STAT, 2 Mar. 2026 But lawmakers have been chugging away at a lengthy docket, focusing on issues from state budgets to cell phones in schools. Irene Wright, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for docket
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Noun
  • Board members took up several agenda items including a major budget update and labor agreements.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The primary topic among the roughly 40 people signed up to speak was about deaths in the county jail, but a few noted their disdain for only having a couple of minutes to address the entire agenda packet.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Robust vaccine schedule Erica Pan, California’s top public health officer and director of the state Department of Public Health, said the West Coast Health Alliance is defending science by recommending a more robust vaccine schedule than the federal government.
    Angela Hart, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Protect your schedule from extra meetings and distracting notifications when possible.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • And an assailant drove a car into people outside an Orthodox synagogue in Manchester, England, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2026
  • An assailant drove a car into people outside an Orthodox synagogue in Manchester, England, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
    Corey Williams, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Using grocery store and credit card rewards programs can also lead to discounts at the pump.
    Keith Laing, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Iraq in 2003 had 25 million people, a military degraded by 12 years of sanctions, and no active nuclear program.
    Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026

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“Docket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docket. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.

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