impeaching

verb

present participle of impeach
1
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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2
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 However, impeaching a judge is rare. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026 Also running is George Conway, who helped start the anti-Trump group, The Lincoln Project, and has centered his candidacy on impeaching the president. — ABC News, 23 June 2026 Also in the running is George Conway, a former attorney who helped start the anti-Trump group, The Lincoln Project, and has centered his candidacy on impeaching the president. — Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 23 June 2026 To stop this, Congress must do more to hold the president accountable by impeaching him and his major cabinet members for gross misconduct. — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 Both boys testified that Jackson had masturbated in front of them and molested Gavin on several occasions, but Jackson’s defense capably pointed out various inconsistencies in their stories and presented impeaching witnesses. — Amelia McDonell-Parry, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2026 Trump has called for impeaching Boasberg. — Arkansas Online, 15 Apr. 2026 Trump has called for impeaching Boasberg. — Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026 Barnes suggested that invoking the 25th Amendment would be harder than impeaching a president. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impeaching
  1. accusing
  2. questioning
  3. indicting
  4. challenging
  5. prosecuting
  6. disputing
  7. contesting
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  • Some of the center's health workers and those working on the ground began striking last week, accusing authorities of failing to pay their wages since the outbreak began.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
  • Her effort to reshape coverage has been met with a series of controversies, including firings and fiery resignations by CBS journalists accusing her of bias, which the network and Weiss deny.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 13 July 2026
Definition of accusing
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  • But when Maggie’s ex-husband, Liam (Marcus Rosner), arrives with a shocking revelation, her world is thrown into turmoil once again — leaving Cal questioning whether Maggie can ever truly leave her past behind.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 July 2026
  • Officials also spent hours questioning one of the deportees, Emmanuel McSweeney, 29, who told officials that neither he nor his parents were born in Haiti.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Definition of questioning
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  • Now Washington has sharply escalated tensions by indicting the 94-year-old former Cuban president, Raúl Castro (brother of Fidel).
    — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 22 May 2026
  • Natalie Neysa Alund Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez fired back at the Justice Department for indicting Castro on Wednesday, saying the country acted in self defense in the more than three-decade-old killings.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 20 May 2026
Definition of indicting
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  • In June, a local watchdog group called Citizens for a Friendly Airport filed its third in a series of lawsuits against the Board of Supervisors, challenging the board’s approval of commercial flights at the airport.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • Opponents can attempt to block ballot measure certification on a variety of grounds, such as challenging the Attorney General’s summary or the constitutionality of the proposal.
    — Robert Cordy, Boston Herald, 19 July 2026
Definition of challenging
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  • Every state has a Medicaid Fraud Control Unit that is responsible for investigating and prosecuting health care providers who bilk the system.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
  • Limited attacks and covert operations would remain possible, with the focus on preparing for the next war instead of prosecuting the current one.
    — Ian Bremmer, Time, 14 July 2026
Definition of prosecuting
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  • Hours after the shooting, Salgado Araujo’s son, Ronaldo Salgado, shared a message on Facebook remembering his father and disputing the circumstances surrounding his death.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
  • An internal Denver International Airport memo obtained by CBS Colorado appears to corroborate key details of a closed-door meeting that city officials have been publicly disputing.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Definition of disputing
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  • Scott Peterson's attorney appeals Scott's automatic appeal was submitted to the California Supreme Court on July 5, accompanied by a 423-page brief document from Scott's attorney, contesting the trial had been unfair.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • The city of Syracuse and county of Onondaga are contesting Broadwater’s claims.
    — ProPublica, ProPublica, 14 July 2026
Definition of contesting

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