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 According to Faxon, the next step in the claim proceedings will continue to center around the argument made by the Attorney General’s Office. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026 Sam Levy’s editing likewise darts associatively between these moods, seemingly letting sense memory shape the chronology of proceedings. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026 There’s a charmingly old-school simplicity to the proceedings. — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026 The bankruptcy proceedings will affect Brightline’s parent company and not the operating company of the Miami-to-Orlando high-speed rail operations. — Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026 Federal judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys have all chimed in, saying the transfer, which is underway, will waste taxpayer dollars, create massive backlogs and complications in court proceedings, and endanger inmates’ constitutional rights. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Further, there would be a cascading effect impacting unions across the state if the high court ruled that those proceedings should be open, Pierce said. — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 Earlier this year, the court began proceedings against Bozizé on charges of crimes against humanity. — Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026 Member states have submitted approximately 1,000 requests for bilateral meetings, while about 168 events are scheduled alongside the official proceedings. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

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Noun

The lawsuits from New York Times, from every major media outlet, disregarding just stealing things from my perspective and ingesting is totally inappropriate.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026
The advertisement, approved by Hamilton, follows a report from the New York Times that detailed Marshall’s former OB-GYN practice sued over 700 patients for unpaid medical bills, with 81 of the lawsuits resulting in arrests.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of lawsuits

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People need to be trained, processes and policies rewritten, organizations reordered, protocols invented, budgets approved, data collected and cleaned.

— Chang Che, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
Lyntris subsequently developed processes to manufacture and test the assemblies.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of processes

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The lawmakers ask whether officials are monitoring firms’ actions and weighing direct refunds, like tax relief.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Other actions have triggered further suspicions, including that, like CBS News, changes would be afoot for CNN, including appointing Weiss to oversee that network as well.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of actions

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Meta has said Muse includes privacy protections and the AI agent can’t see people’s passwords or payment methods.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Engineers must also develop practical methods for retrieval, processing, and redeployment.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026