impeachment

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Recent Examples of impeachment The impeachment question Ahead of the election, Republicans have warned about the consequences of Democrats taking over one or both chambers of Congress. — Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 Paxton has faced scrutiny during the campaign for his accumulation of wealth, his past legal troubles, allegations of infidelity, dealings in the attorney general’s office and his 2023 impeachment. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2026 Cruz hasn’t shied from the attorney general during his lowest points and defended Paxton during the attorney general’s 2023 impeachment in the Texas House. — Matthew Choi, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026 Ken Paxton’s first affair was at the center of his 2023 impeachment trial, which resulted in an acquittal. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026 The Philippine Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, approved the move. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 The then-Democratic Senate voted to toss the articles of impeachment. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Several years later, DeLay was the force driving Clinton’s impeachment and was simply too toxic to seek the speaker’s chair. — Michael Tarm, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 His questions began to venture into the sensitive topics of potential resignation or even impeachment. — Walter Podrazik, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impeachment
Noun
  • The suspect was allegedly a guest at the barracks visiting a state trooper friend from college, prosecutors said in court at his arraignment.
    — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Zhang is scheduled to appear in federal district court Friday for a post-indictment arraignment.
    — David Douglas, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Trump’s move drew bipartisan condemnation from lawmakers who backed the measure overwhelmingly.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Netanyahu has criticized the violence but has taken few steps to crack down on incidents that have drawn international condemnation and sanction plans by longtime Israeli allies, including Britain.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Football—besides being one of our more ubiquitous and unrestrained national entertainments—has also become one of the rare arenas in American life where highly specialized language can flourish without censure.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The board is also expected to consider whether to launch an investigation into the allegations and consider a censure vote.
    — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The frontrunner is Marine Le Pen, who has worked for years to make her far-right party, the National Rally, more electable while campaigning on immigration, crime, and denunciation of an out-of-touch political class.
    — Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Each nutty denunciation of his imaginary tormentors includes a plea for a presidential pardon.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026

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“Impeachment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impeachment. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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