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Recent Examples of hearings
Murdaugh’s team initially asked that he be allowed to come to all court appearances, including pretrial hearings, wearing civilian clothes and unshackled.
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Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
The Drug Enforcement Administration has begun hearings on its proposal to reclassify recreational cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the federal Controlled Substances Act.
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A.j. Herrington,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
On Monday, a new judge laid out a timeline for hearings and set the retrial to begin April 5.
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Jeffrey Collins,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
Senate and Assembly budget committees are scheduled to hold hearings Monday morning to review the spending plan and legislators in both chambers are expected to vote on the budget later in the day.
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Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
27 June 2026
The program, which was announced in April and is housed under the Mayor’s Office of Mass Engagement, was first tasked with getting people to turn out for the RGB public hearings but is expected to take on other issues, as well.
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Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2026
The commission held several public hearings at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, touching on topics including religious liberty in public education and antisemitism.
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Brieanna J. Frank,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
For immigrants with hearings still on the calendar, Little's advice was blunt.
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Maddie White,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Lawmakers zero in on a billionaire Wall Street player as the Epstein files hearings continue.
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Kaylah Jackson,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
The Drug Enforcement Administration has begun hearings on its proposal to reclassify recreational cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the federal Controlled Substances Act.
—
A.j. Herrington,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
On Monday, a new judge laid out a timeline for hearings and set the retrial to begin April 5.
—
Jeffrey Collins,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
Senate and Assembly budget committees are scheduled to hold hearings Monday morning to review the spending plan and legislators in both chambers are expected to vote on the budget later in the day.
—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
27 June 2026
The program, which was announced in April and is housed under the Mayor’s Office of Mass Engagement, was first tasked with getting people to turn out for the RGB public hearings but is expected to take on other issues, as well.
—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2026
The commission held several public hearings at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, touching on topics including religious liberty in public education and antisemitism.
—
Brieanna J. Frank,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
For immigrants with hearings still on the calendar, Little's advice was blunt.
—
Maddie White,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Lawmakers zero in on a billionaire Wall Street player as the Epstein files hearings continue.
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Kaylah Jackson,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hearings
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Or the dancing and marching to the sounds of Brazil's samba or Scotland's bagpipes.
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Gunshot sounds are sharper, according to a video by Pyrotechnician Mike Tockstein.
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The route starts with the more popular south-shore sights, then grows quieter after Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, continuing into the East Fjords and northern Iceland.
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Scientists cannot agree on how this shift from nonlife to life, or abiogenesis, happened, but some have turned their sights on trying it out for themselves in the lab.
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This causes a runaway nuclear explosion of such uniform brightness that it can be used to measure cosmic distances.
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The fly doesn’t travel big distances and moves more frequently on infested livestock.
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“Hearings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearings. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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