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litigation

noun

Definition of litigation

as in lawsuit

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Recent Examples of litigation One main reason is the rise of passive funds, but another, experts say, is the threat of litigation. — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 8 July 2026 Fitch’s office will likely defend the state in the litigation, and her office did not respond to a request for comment. — Taylor Vance, ABC News, 8 July 2026 But despite the ongoing litigation, taxpayers must act now to preserve their eligibility to receive relief if the decision stands. — Connor Greene, Time, 8 July 2026 Child safety online has become a significant investment risk, evolving beyond a social issue into a governance, litigation, and reputational concern for companies. — Bhakti Mirchandani, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for litigation

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Trump is consistently being rebuffed in court; the Justice Department has lost at least a dozen election lawsuits.

— Toluse Olorunnipa, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
Those logistics include a lawsuit by Communities for a Better Environment to halt the county’s original sale of its own half-interest in the site to the Athletics baseball franchise for $85 million in 2019.

— Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 4 July 2026

Definition of lawsuit

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Interviewed following his win on ESPN, the 42-year-old Chestnut dismissed, more or less, the impact of today’s 92 degree New York heat on the proceedings.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 July 2026
The proceeding will resemble a minitrial, but prosecutors need only demonstrate that there are reasonable grounds to believe Robinson killed Kirk.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026

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This week, Steve Hilton, the GOP candidate for California governor, wrote a letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, urging him to rescind the agency’s recent action allowing AT&T to end its copper landline service.

— Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
As climate action group Floodlight found in a recent investigation spotted by Wired, Texas has become the epicenter of the United States’ current obsession with constructing AI data centers.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 9 July 2026

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