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 Athletic reported at the time that sources with knowledge of proceedings, speaking on the condition of anonymity to protect relationships, said these were particularly damaging to Southampton’s case. — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 22 July 2026 Preliminary hearings like this one serve a similar function to that of grand jury proceedings. — Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 22 July 2026 Court records show that their divorce proceedings have been acrimonious. — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 21 July 2026 Pre-trial proceedings are ongoing in Kansas City municipal court, and Abarca will attend a bench trial in Johnson County in August on the battery charge. — Ilana Arougheti july 21, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026 The decision comes after the Board of Immigration Appeals reinstated deportation proceedings against Mahdawi, after an immigration judge dropped the case against him. — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 21 July 2026 Sony would operate the theaters under a lease arrangement and would not be able to use the name ArcLight, due to Chapter 7 proceedings, according to Deadline, which first reported the talks. — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 21 July 2026 Besides the British charges, the brothers face criminal proceedings in Romania, where authorities have been investigating them since December 2022. — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 20 July 2026 On Monday, the first day of the trial in which Basabe is representing himself without an attorney, the proceedings were shaded by Basabe’s blundering legal missteps and procedural chaos. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

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In January, Clancy and her husband filed separate lawsuits against the medical providers who oversaw Lindsay’s mental health treatment in the months leading up to the killings.

— Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
In June, a local watchdog group called Citizens for a Friendly Airport filed its third in a series of lawsuits against the Board of Supervisors, challenging the board’s approval of commercial flights at the airport.

— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026

Definition of lawsuits

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The reliance on emergency actions, like diesel backup generators, incurs significant costs for ratepayers and increases air pollution.

— Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
His actions and words have always reflected a player who believes in his teammates and what the Blackhawks are building.

— Scott Powers, New York Times, 20 July 2026

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Search results will feature the specific procedures that clinics are licensed to perform.

— Ella Moore July 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
The revisions come after the board voted to redline its policy that outlined the rights and legal procedures of certain employees in May.

— Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026

Definition of procedures

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That turned out to be wrong for a meaningful minority of them, whose brains were generating signals our methods were not sensitive enough to pick up.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 18 July 2026
Consider two popular methods, neither of which requires people to submit any documents or even reveal their name or birthdate to the platform.

— Ravi Iyer, Time, 18 July 2026