hearing
noun
the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
hearings
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pluralof hearing.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The policy shift sowed chaos in federal courts, as thousands of immigrants began suing for bond hearings that had long been automatic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
On Thursday, hundreds of people rallied outside Westminster Magistrates' Court, where hearings related to more than 2,000 of those cases had been expected to go ahead.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
He said he previously testified about Covid under oath at several congressional hearings.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Lots of hearings happen on Capitol Hill, get one news cycle, and then are forever subducted under the plates of public memory.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
Now everyone’s pretending to set the record straight: they’ll have their hearings, while Mobutu makes a show of changing all European-sounding place names to indigenous ones, to rid us of the sound of foreign domination.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
