Thesaurus results for PROCEEDINGS

proceedings

noun

plural of proceeding

as in lawsuits

a court case for enforcing a right or claim a divorce proceeding

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as in processes

a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result this is not the haphazard proceeding that it may seem to the casual observer

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Recent Examples of proceedings The Lisinski firm typically doesn’t handle removal proceedings, the spokesperson noted, focusing instead on visa petitions. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 Mullin said Belgal, the boy's father, would face criminal prosecution and be placed in deportation proceedings. — Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026 The coordination ensures the news outlets have equal access to video and pictures of events and proceedings relevant to American citizens, as well as transcripts. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026 Penn’s Kapoor narrates the proceedings, often breaking the fourth wall to address us directly. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026 Last month, Hamilton’s attorneys asked to push court proceedings out further. — Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026 The mother of a Miami-Dade teacher who mysteriously vanished and was later found in a canal walked into a courtroom on Friday, seeking an end to the years-long court proceedings. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 Here, the movie acquires an ambiguous power, and the proceedings begin to head south. — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026 In Ukraine, the prosecutor general's office told NPR that national police are still conducting a pretrial investigation into the deaths of Kuvshynova and Zakrzewski in advance of possible criminal proceedings against Russian forces. — David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Good’s family filed two civil lawsuits related to her death earlier this month.

— Sarah Dewberry, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026
Judges have tossed more than two dozen of the department's lawsuits, including most recently in Georgia.

— Ryan Lucas, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of lawsuits

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Advanced combat aircraft require highly specialised components, manufacturing processes and technical expertise.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
El Sayed argued that the technology needed federal oversight, while Rogers advocated local oversight but defended the use of some surveillance processes in identifying people suspected of terrorism.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of processes

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The Justice Department has historically sought to avoid public investigative actions involving a candidate within 60 days of a primary or general election.

— ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
And while the challenges of the job don’t excuse the criminal actions, researchers and legal experts said, those experiences can often contribute to their behavioral issues.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of actions

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For private schemes, the requirements include publicly available criteria, independent monitoring of compliance and procedures to withdraw or suspend a label when requirements are breached.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
While those patients still exist, new data suggests more and more patients are seeking out the procedures at a younger age.

— William Jones, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of procedures

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Their current fibers measure about 1 millimeter across, but improved fabrication methods could reduce that thickness to tens of micrometers.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
This idea seems corroborated by the fact that a number of papers contain strikingly similar ideas and methods—as if their authors were communicating.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026