moot
adjective
Example Sentences
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The states on Tuesday said the addition of Alex Fairly, who owns a medical billing negotiation firm and lives in Amarillo, moots the motion to transfer the case.
From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2023
“The president’s pardon, which General Flynn has accepted, moots this case,” the Justice Department filing said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2020
Five of those suspects are in the county jail pending trials — four of them held without bond on serious charges that preclude release, which Elrich noted moots the urgency in the detainer debate.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2019
“New legislation or regulations giving plaintiffs all they seek moots the case,” wrote Zachary W. Carter, corporation counsel for New York City.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2019
The old Anglo-Saxons had them and called them moots.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, October 27, 1920 by Sir Owen Seaman
