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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 Outside of the custody proceedings, Ortiz appeared to be litigious, filing a flurry of small claims suits. — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026 Opponents of the map had for months accused Republican state officials of using his office to delay court proceedings and keep the map in effect for the November election, a point that the Missouri Supreme Court echoed in its decision last week. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026 The Robinsons' parents traveled to the port city of Ensenada for the start of the proceedings. — CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 According to Monar, Nicaragua failed to properly notify the German government and gave her country less than a month to reply before launching proceedings. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026 In a rare public statement since criminal proceedings against the singer began, the Rivas Hernandez family asked Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman to pursue the death penalty against D4vd as opposed to a life sentence if convicted. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2026 Many Muslim Americans hid or fled; between 2002 and 2003, thirteen thousand faced deportation proceedings. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026 Trials also risk exposing confidential information during court proceedings. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026 After being indicted on wire fraud and SNAP benefits fraud charges, Bedi was ordered to surrender his passport and remain in Washington state while awaiting court proceedings, according to the FBI. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

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Hundreds of people, meanwhile, from individual homeowners to those detained at the ICE processing center in Broadview, have been part of a flurry of lawsuits against the federal agents and their supervisors.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
There have been at least seven lawsuits over the matter since 2024, according to Religion News Service.

— BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

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This suggests that the measurements may be capturing some of the biological processes driving the loss of brain tissue, and could eventually be important for the development of treatments.

— Claudia Metzler-Baddeley, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026
Rising costs, complex permitting processes, and infrastructure challenges have made the city less competitive even for productions that want to stay local.

— Sam Roseme, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

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Other factors range from skin type to upcoming medical procedures, to activity level and daily plans.

— Alexandra Frost, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
In situations where the facts support that an owner’s installation is a material alteration, the approval procedures for alterations to the common elements prescribed under the community’s governing documents would need to be followed.

— Nicole R. Kurtz, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

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German officials said police findings, intelligence information and the methods used in the attack led Berlin to conclude Russia was responsible.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
And Lukas’ father is at pains to cope with the situation without resorting to archaic methods of patriarchal control.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026