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Recent Examples of hearings
Hundreds of text messages to state attorney The investigation focused on Miller’s hundreds of text messages to Fernandez Rundle while Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Andrea Ricker Wolfson was presiding over hearings last year for the death penalty resentencing of Corey Smith.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
While oral arguments are typically constrained to an hour—30 minutes for each side—the high court on Thursday ordered that the hearings will be expanded to 80 minutes.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
In 2023, House Republicans held hearings on the companies' roles in swaying votes around environmental, social and governance investing.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
The attorneys say that right extends beyond jury trials to any public court appearance, including pretrial hearings, given the constant livestreaming and online sharing of court footage.
—Stepheny Price , Melissa Chrise, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
After years of tense public hearings and legal battles, the Boise City Council voted 5 to 1 to allow Interfaith to move into a new shelter home location on State Street.
—Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2025
Dismissal hearings were ongoing as of Wednesday in BMC and district courts in both Suffolk and Middlesex counties, according to the trial court office.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
It's itemized and usually broken down into sections, such as presentations or reports, public hearings, and consent.
—Shawn Raymundo, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025
During the shutdown, there have been no hearings in the House or bills brought to the floor.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
While oral arguments are typically constrained to an hour—30 minutes for each side—the high court on Thursday ordered that the hearings will be expanded to 80 minutes.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
In 2023, House Republicans held hearings on the companies' roles in swaying votes around environmental, social and governance investing.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
The attorneys say that right extends beyond jury trials to any public court appearance, including pretrial hearings, given the constant livestreaming and online sharing of court footage.
—Stepheny Price , Melissa Chrise, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
After years of tense public hearings and legal battles, the Boise City Council voted 5 to 1 to allow Interfaith to move into a new shelter home location on State Street.
—Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2025
Dismissal hearings were ongoing as of Wednesday in BMC and district courts in both Suffolk and Middlesex counties, according to the trial court office.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
It's itemized and usually broken down into sections, such as presentations or reports, public hearings, and consent.
—Shawn Raymundo, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025
During the shutdown, there have been no hearings in the House or bills brought to the floor.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hearings
Noun
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In the footage, the sounds come on in waves, rattling through the valley in intermittent thunders.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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Sonically, his style is a slow, rhythmic reggaeton, pleasing to the ear, and that’s precisely what stands out, especially when most urban artists these days are presenting harsher sounds.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.—
Khloe Quill , Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Angelo then turned his sights toward Bolgheri, which had just begun to gain acclaim as the center of the Super Tuscan movement.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Urwerk revealed a watch that measures the distances our planet travels across the time-space continuum.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
31 Oct. 2025
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Adult Osedax generally grow on whale bones and their larvae are dispersed over large distances to populate other whale fall ecosystems hundreds of miles away.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Hearings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearings. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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