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 coalition urged federal policymakers to use hearings to help schools recover from the pandemic’s academic disruption and ensure every child has access to a high-quality education. Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 11 June 2026 In three hearings this spring, a series of residents raised questions about potential impacts on the nearby Farmington River and numerous animal species that live on or near the property. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026 During a series of hearings, witnesses called as development experts pored over maps of the campus to identify several parcels to spread the housing into separate villages. Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026 He’ll be transported by the Payette County Sheriff’s Office to hearings as needed, the filings added. Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 10 June 2026 Both said the hearings are geared to help the administration increase deportations. Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 10 June 2026 Senators will press Blanche on his intentions at his confirmation hearings. Carl P. Leubsdorf, Twin Cities, 10 June 2026 As a result, researchers have found, firearms are discussed in fewer than 1 in 4 protective-order hearings nationwide, and courts order abusers to surrender their guns in 66% of applicable cases. Sativa Banks, The Conversation, 4 June 2026 The hearings, known as master calendar hearings, are often immigrants’ first appearances before immigration judges and can determine the future of their cases to remain in the United States. Ivan Taylor, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
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Noun
  • Her presence is heralded not by the sounds of howls, roars or clanking chains, but by the shutting of the door to her study, the scrape of her chair as it is pulled towards her desk, and the clanking of her type-writer keys.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
  • Trump, who built a career as a real estate developer, has frequently touted the project, gushing over the sounds of jackhammers and excavation trucks.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • But for now, he's got his sights set on Team England ahead of the North American World Cup, which kicks off in Mexico City June 11.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • Alongside the big-ticket sights, families might join a soccer match with local children and crew, swim in the Nile, explore by felucca, try sand dune boarding, attend a galabeya party, or peek behind the scenes in the captain’s wheelhouse.
    Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Lidar technology uses laser pulses to measure distances and generate highly accurate spatial maps.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
  • But in reality, the two planets will be separated by at least four Earth-sun distances in space.
    Doris Elin Urrutia, Space.com, 8 June 2026

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“Hearings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearings. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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