hearings

plural of hearing
as in sounds
range of hearing let's make sure she's out of hearing before I tell you what I got her for her birthday

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Recent Examples of hearings The committee held 56 hearings from 2013 through 2021, or an average of seven per year. Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026 In bail review hearings over the past year, Parisi has asked the court to set bail and allow her client to be released while the criminal case proceeds. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026 Public hearings for the case were held on two separate days in march and April, with more than 30 people attending, the court said. ABC News, 6 July 2026 The next step in the process involves the city drafting a redevelopment plan outlining development standards before holding public hearings and seeking additional approvals. Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026 The commission conducted seven hearings over the course of a year, taking testimony from approximately 100 witnesses. Steven K. Green, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 Republicans on the committee have so far refused to conduct any oversight on the issue, despite Democrats raising concerns at previous hearings. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 2 July 2026 Murdaugh’s team initially asked that he be allowed to come to all court appearances, including pretrial hearings, wearing civilian clothes and unshackled. 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
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Noun
  • As the sounds of fighting increased nearby, Al-Zaharnah decided to leave with his wife and youngest son.
    Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Now, however, the Indiana native is returning to the sounds that made him with Discount Country, a twangy, outlaw-leaning EP of five songs that drops on Friday.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • Perhaps even Fontaine's 1958 World Cup record of 13 will be in Messi's sights.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 8 July 2026
  • There are also suites, like the Mountain View suite, a two-level tower room with stunning sights, or the Family suite with options for unique configurations of beds and layouts to suit a family’s specific needs.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026
Noun
  • Scale-out networks connect thousands of AI computers across a data center, making optics the obvious choice for long distances.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 9 July 2026
  • Traveling such vast distances between our solar system's most remote objects means New Horizons often cruises for months at a time with little to do other than passively collect data.
    Brett Tingley, Space.com, 8 July 2026

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