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Recent Examples of hearings
The activists were regularly moved around to assorted cells and outdoor cages while awaiting processing and court hearings.
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Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
Miranda Monge has not had any hearings scheduled, according to his wife.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
In the hearings and filings that followed, Lewis continued to express concerns about the information that had not been presented at trial or sentencing.
—Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2025
Chicago and Portland fight the president’s troop deployment in court hearings.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has sent the case back to the trial court for new hearings.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
In footage of actual bail hearings, judges are harsh and dismissive, even as defendants ask about the legal jargon being used to determine their fate.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
While many see the HUAC hearings as a travesty, others defend the House committee and the anti-communist fervor that inspired it.
—Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
In Utah, preliminary hearings can be delayed for months in cases involving serious felonies, sometimes up to a year, according to Lazaro.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
Miranda Monge has not had any hearings scheduled, according to his wife.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
In the hearings and filings that followed, Lewis continued to express concerns about the information that had not been presented at trial or sentencing.
—Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2025
Chicago and Portland fight the president’s troop deployment in court hearings.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has sent the case back to the trial court for new hearings.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
In footage of actual bail hearings, judges are harsh and dismissive, even as defendants ask about the legal jargon being used to determine their fate.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
While many see the HUAC hearings as a travesty, others defend the House committee and the anti-communist fervor that inspired it.
—Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
In Utah, preliminary hearings can be delayed for months in cases involving serious felonies, sometimes up to a year, according to Lazaro.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hearings
Noun
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On the sidewalks, the sounds of Taiwanese Hokkien drowned out Mandarin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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The company maintains that its system analyzes music to learn compositional techniques, not to copy sounds verbatim.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 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,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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Italy’s ‘golden power rule’ in EU’s sights Elsewhere in Europe, the European Commission is planning to act against Italy in a move designed to support banking consolidation in the region, sources have said.—
Silvia Amaro,Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Traveling alone, even short distances, builds confidence and reminds you that your own company is enough to make an experience memorable.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
13 Oct. 2025
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The distances involved are much too great for that.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Hearings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearings. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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