proceedings

plural of proceeding

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of proceedings And the Homeland Security Department has mandated that immigrants be detained while undergoing their proceedings, with such detention as mandatory for those who entered without legal status. Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 19 Oct. 2025 DiZoglio even asked Attorney General Andrea Campbell last December to greenlight a lawsuit to force the House and Senate to comply with the effort to open up their finances and divulge details on internal proceedings, according to a letter obtained by the Herald. Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025 Sangare had 37 touches and completed 28 of his 30 passes in the first half to help Forest largely dictate proceedings. Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025 The Tuesday administrative order from the court bars civil arrests, without a warrant, of a party or witness to proceedings at the local courthouse, within and around any of the Cook County courthouses. Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2025 Still, he wasn't charged with either after court proceedings. Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025 In their divorce proceedings, their date of separation was listed as July 2, 2023. Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025 Producers use these early performances to gauge what works, and what doesn’t, and to measure how audiences respond to the proceedings on stage. Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025 Subu’s niece, Zoë Miller Vedam, said the family has little sense of what to expect from the immigration proceedings but continues to hold on to hope. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proceedings
Noun
  • The attorney general has wide jurisdiction and can choose to launch independent lawsuits, or direct the Justice Department's legal personnel to help district attorneys.
    Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Zelocchi and Childs had also filed lawsuits and, unbeknownst to Iza, were working with the FBI.
    Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This groundbreaking method could transform the way researchers study complex diseases, including cancer, without disrupting natural cellular processes.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Handy’s platform also includes advocating for policies that reduce the cost of living, boosting small business, investing in stronger infrastructure, involving neighborhood associations in decision-making processes and trying to bring down utility costs.
    Sofi Zeman October 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the future, these shape-shifting systems could be used in medicine to deliver drugs, remove toxins, or perform tiny surgical procedures inside the body.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Following a series of tests and procedures, doctors diagnosed her with unexplained infertility.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The deep dive into Chaplin’s working methods is compelling and illuminating, and the shooting script itself shows that the always politically and philosophically probing Chaplin hadn’t lost any of his fire or originality in his old age.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
  • More environmentally sustainable coffee-growing methods exist, such as using shade trees to shield some plants from the sun, and diversifying crops.
    NPR, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Proceedings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proceedings. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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