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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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 Those proceedings were finalized before a public auction was set to take place on June 6. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026 Salazar and jurors are due back on court Wednesday for proceedings regarding his sanity at the time of the shooting, which will determine whether he is sent to state prison or committed to a state hospital. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 The proceedings have been live-streamed by the Associated Press. — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026 Judge Chitty was assigned to oversee the case after Roach was removed from further proceedings following the defense's challenge to his impartiality. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 Resilience has also argued that the settlement shouldn’t be finalized because Insight is not a party to the proceedings yet Insight’s role is part of the settlement agreement. — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 Both men bowed their heads toward a Romanian-speaking interpreter who stood between them and translated the proceedings. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 Prosecutors in the impeachment proceedings argued that the messages were not isolated political comments but reflected a pattern of hostility toward Jews, Zionism, and the State of Israel. — Juan Melamed, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026 But secret grand jury proceedings would have to happen before he’s charged. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026

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Executive orders to limit mail-in ballots, lawsuits over voter registration data, threats to funding and more have poured out of the White House leading up to the 2026 general election.

— Denver Post, Denver Post, 23 Aug. 2026
Looming questions concerning its regulatory status and market integrity threaten to upend Kalshi’s business model, while mounting state and federal lawsuits suggest an eventual date with the Supreme Court.

— Carson Becker, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026

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And the government reshuffles in Kyiv, as well as major anti-government protests, show that civil society and democratic processes are still alive and well in Ukraine.

— Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Sleep is when the brain consolidates memory, recalibrates stress and immune signaling and supports other restorative processes.

— Renée Onque, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

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Meta and Anthropic also disclosed their own systems took unsanctioned actions during cybersecurity tests, a wake-up call for the AI and cybersecurity industry.

— Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
This allows the system to learn individual movements and combine them into more complex actions.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026

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While a decision on Luis’ eligibility is unlikely to come soon, adding Dent and Clark at least gives Wade some cover in case his various roster-building methods fall through.

— Devon Henderson, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
However, the true advantage in this domain does not come from technology alone, but from developing new employment methods that provide a tactical edge to their respective warfighters.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026