rehearings

noun

plural of rehearing
as in reinvestigations

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  1. hearings
  2. challenges
  3. surveys
Noun
  • The city filed a lawsuit to fight the arbitrator’s ruling, and a circuit court judge later ruled that officers indeed do have the right to have cases heard by an arbitrator, but those hearings must be publicly accessible.
    — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Those who favor stricter immigration laws see the swift hearings as a course-correction for a longstanding problem.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of hearings
Noun
  • The Georgia case is one of several legal challenges confronting the NCAA over the transition to its new eligibility system.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • This article is part of The Times’ equity reporting initiative, funded by the James Irvine Foundation, exploring the challenges facing low-income workers and the efforts being made to address California’s economic divide.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of challenges
Noun
  • What organizations choose to do with that data, and who is accountable for the decision, is the question the surveys do not answer.
    — Cindy Rodriguez Constable, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • For more than a decade, researchers have tracked blacktip sharks along the East Coast using aerial surveys and satellite tags.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of surveys
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