proceeding
noun
a particular action or course or manner of action.
proceedings
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pluralof proceeding.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Lawyers for both officers argued against contempt proceedings.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
This documentary drama, created by Elizabeth Marvel and director Lee Sunday Evans, is composed from the verbatim transcripts of these painful proceedings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
His sole memory from the trial is of his brother waving at him during the only day he attended the proceedings.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Dressed in a dark suit and white shirt with no tie, the former president sat with his chin resting on his hands as proceedings opened.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Content now to perch silently on his swing, the bird kept an eye on the proceedings with an occasional three-hundred-sixty-degree flip of the head.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
