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[moot] / mut /


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The worry over Grande’s visible emaciation rendered the video itself moot.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

Brinkema said it was not enough to declare the case moot.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

The great movement toward corporate concentration might have collapsed and antitrust law would have become almost moot.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Glasnow hit the IL Friday because of back spasms, so the question of whom the Dodgers drop from the rotation to make room for Blake Snell is moot for now.

From Los Angeles Times May 9, 2026

The question of bridesmaids’ dresses became moot when the engagement was broken. noisome.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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

This man loves farming, that man law,   While this one follows pathways martial— What moots it whither mortals turn?

From Songs and Other Verse by Eugene Field

That is perhaps why Concacaf president Victor Montagliani has been consistently mooted as the most likely challenger to Infantino in recent weeks.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

And some of the bank's governors had already mooted a possible rates hike, she added.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

But he has no evidence of that, and other theories from corruption to organised crime have also been mooted.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

A report that OpenAI was considering delaying its mooted public offering further soured already weak sentiment around the artificial-intelligence boom.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

When the exodus to Algiers was mooted, Carthew labelled his portmanteau London.

From A Safety Match by Ian Hay

The Italian lender made a $35 billion cash-and-share offer for MPS shortly after competitor Banco BPM said it was itself mooting a merger with the smaller bank.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

Mr Johnson's government has previously raised the prospect of relocation before, first mooting the move in January 2020.

From BBC May 16, 2022

If it declines, the documents would be released, effectively mooting the case in a victory for the House.

From Washington Post Nov. 11, 2021

“Well, certainly your honor. It’s been amended,” Giuliani replied, mooting nearly everything he had just argued.

From Slate Nov. 18, 2020

While the English envoy was mooting the question of divorce in 1526 the surprise of Rome by an imperial force brought home to Clement his utter helplessness.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Rossiter Johnson




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