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goings-on

noun

Definition of goings-on

as in malpractice

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Recent Examples of goings-on Arte is co-producing the Rafe Spall-starring Channel 4 series about goings-on inside the UK Prime Minister’s dwelling, joining pre-buyers HBO Max Australia, New Zealand’s TVNZ, Finland’s YLE, Denmark’s DR and Norway’s NRK. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026 Taylor’s series, about the goings-on at a dude ranch and in the lives of its mostly young staff members, also starred Joe Torres, Debi Kalman, Kelly Brown, Josh Tygiel, David Brisbin, and David Lascher, whom Taylor dated in her Nickelodeon days. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2026 Morris contributed a logical note to sneaky goings-on, and Lupus made his silent bit seem credible. — Ed Olmstead, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026 Half of the game's length is swallowed up by me trudging from point A to point B while characters yap endlessly about the current goings-on. — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026 No one is born understanding what a yield curve is, and even financial experts sometimes struggle to articulate the goings-on of the cryptic $160 trillion market. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026 The sibling drama, meanwhile, rather fades out of view amid these loftier goings-on; the film’s narrative begins to feel devised by the old parlor game Consequences, repeatedly wrenched in erratic new directions. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026 She’s given a worthy avatar in Mason, who brings an appropriately surreal understanding to the goings-on in Effie’s life, but never turns Effie into a caricature. — Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026 Jackie’s rise to reality stardom began after Friends of Big Bear Valley installed a webcam in 2015 to capture the goings-on of her parents’ nest. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

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Officials cited upcoming cuts to Medicaid funding, a malpractice settlement, and threatened lawsuits against the hospital as contributing factors.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026
If anything, each new development raises further questions about whether medical malpractice occurred.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of malpractice

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The screening usually focusses on clandestine hanky-panky, but this season the girls’ irreverence was so abundant that the producers treated them to an unprecedented second viewing night.

— Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
So just to be critical or even open to suspicion of hanky-panky or shenanigans around vaccination is immediately shut down by The New York Times or anybody.

— David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025

Definition of hanky-panky

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This indiscretion joins a long list of scandals that supporters of Paxton are willing to overlook to back the candidate (and, perhaps more importantly, keep Texas red).

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 30 Oct. 2026
Szabo doesn’t take kindly to Matt’s indiscretion and brutally carves up his face.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of indiscretion

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Yet Russ Anello, who served as deputy counsel to President Biden and previously as the staff director of the House Oversight Committee, believes that Congress will be able to examine many of the Administration’s apparent misdeeds.

— Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026
At the end of the novel the truth is revealed, and the criminal justice system holds the president appropriately accountable for his misdeeds.

— David Baldacci, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of misdeed

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Republicans, however, could take advantage of Newsom’s action and cast him as a soft-on-crime liberal who is out of touch with most Americans, which risks turning away moderate voters.

— Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
Eisenberg was sworn in as assistant attorney general in charge of the department's National Security Division in June 2025 and oversaw cases involving espionage, terrorism, export control violations, cyber crimes and other matters.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of crime

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There’s apparently a generation coming up with the same kind of familiarity with touch interfaces, so this feature may appeal to them.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
Giving teams the tools to customize or create their own agents can turn early familiarity into organization-wide use.

— Steve Cangiano, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of familiarity

Noun

In an America where people my age feel particularly subjugated and helpless, accusing someone else of political and moral impropriety and defending your case with your life can instill in you feelings of reified self-empowerment and control.

— Ivy Wolk, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
The company hired Charles River Associates, an accounting firm, to examine its methodology for any hint of impropriety.

— Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of impropriety

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