proceeds

/ (ˈprəʊsiːdz) /

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pl n

the profit or return derived from a commercial transaction, investment, etc

the result, esp the revenue or total sum, accruing from some undertaking or course of action, as in commerce

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disgruntle

to deprive of ability, qualification, or strength

to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction

to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.)

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Koenig proceeds to deliver her deeply conflicted, sorta-kinda support for Adnan.
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He proceeds to tease me, asking if our interview is “secretly a date?”
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I asked if I could design some items for him, and then if all the proceeds could go to any charity of his choice.
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She acts as a sort of lie detector, but proceeds through elegant narrative rather than binary test.
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Reagan proceeds to paint a grim picture of the State of the Union, starting with the economy and moving to Vietnam.
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Should he continue to sweeten at this rate, as he proceeds, I know not what will become of all the little modesty I have left.
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The events which the star had witnessed, it now proceeds to relate to the moon; and these make the subject of this beautiful tale.
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The plow-boy puts on his father's boots and proceeds to plow up the cunning little angle worm.
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But now he proceeds, and speaks of such power as does not extend itself over a community, but only over individuals.
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Putting on the sandals she brought from her own home, she proceeds to the house of the bridegroom.
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