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as in accusing
to make a claim of wrongdoing against
the company's president has been impeached by the Securities and Exchange Commission
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as in questioning
to demand proof of the truth or rightness of
questionable methodology that should cause us to impeach the findings of this survey on obesity
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Recent Examples of impeaching
Under the new bicameral structure, impeaching the president will be easier, with the Senate needing only 40 of the 60 senators to approve it.
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Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Under the new bicameral structure, impeaching the president will be easier, with the Senate only needing 40 of the 60 senators to approve it.
—ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
Barnes suggested that invoking the 25th Amendment would be harder than impeaching a president.
—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
Some of your colleagues, including Senator Gary Peters, saying that impeaching Noem actually won’t address the root of the problem.
—NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
Other lawmakers have batted around the idea of impeaching her.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
Even if the House succeeded in impeaching a judge, the Senate would need to affirm that decision by a two-thirds majority vote.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2026
This close to the speakership—closer than any House Democrat since Nancy Pelosi lost the majority in 2022—despite a caucus muttering about his caution on everything from impeaching War Secretary Pete Hegseth to the Epstein discharge petition.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
In law, the tactic of claiming an accuser is unreliable or untrustworthy is known as impeaching the witness.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Under the new bicameral structure, impeaching the president will be easier, with the Senate only needing 40 of the 60 senators to approve it.
—ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
Barnes suggested that invoking the 25th Amendment would be harder than impeaching a president.
—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
Some of your colleagues, including Senator Gary Peters, saying that impeaching Noem actually won’t address the root of the problem.
—NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
Other lawmakers have batted around the idea of impeaching her.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
Even if the House succeeded in impeaching a judge, the Senate would need to affirm that decision by a two-thirds majority vote.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2026
This close to the speakership—closer than any House Democrat since Nancy Pelosi lost the majority in 2022—despite a caucus muttering about his caution on everything from impeaching War Secretary Pete Hegseth to the Epstein discharge petition.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
In law, the tactic of claiming an accuser is unreliable or untrustworthy is known as impeaching the witness.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impeaching
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Democrats and Republicans in the Minnesota House on Tuesday filed dueling ethics complaints against members of the opposite party, accusing them of breaking the chamber's rules for conduct.—
Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The Netherlands and Canada have brought a separate case against Syria at the United Nations’ top court, accusing Damascus of a yearslong campaign of torturing its own citizens.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The individual is awaiting questioning by Ontario Police Department detectives who are en route.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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The Microsoft co-founder is scheduled for questioning on June 10, the source said.—
Graham Kates,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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That reality makes the reports of measles inside a federal immigration detention facility in Texas not just alarming, but indicting.—
Krutika Kuppalli,
STAT,
4 Feb. 2026
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The lyrics went beyond Evers’ white-supremacist killer, indicting an entire system that brainwashed poor white Southerners into hatred.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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The very player challenging the legitimacy of their playoff series win on a recent podcast stream with his teammate Jordan Walsh.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Proof of the precise location of the plane during childbirth midair and the moment the baby is born can be challenging.—
Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Xinis pointed out that the DOJ is prosecuting him in Tennessee on human smuggling charges.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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While First Amendment protections for speech and press freedom have kept the federal government from prosecuting journalists with frequency, there is a long history of jailing journalists on contempt charges for refusing to name their anonymous sources.—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
6 Apr. 2026
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Anthropic is currently disputing the label in court.—
Huo Jingnan,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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News article, disputing aspects of the report.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2026
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From there, you’re introduced to your guide for your adventures in Japan, meet your starter cars (those would be an ST205 Toyota Celica GT-Four, widebody S13 Nissan Silvia, and—wait for it—a K5 GMC Jimmy), and can immediately begin contesting races to qualify for the big show, the Horizon Festival.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
8 Apr. 2026
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There are at least three more pending investigations that are still outstanding, according to OSHA’s website, and Boring Company is currently contesting eight citations it was issued regarding chemical burns in 2024.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Impeaching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impeaching. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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