pending
Example Sentences
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The state’s motion to dismiss the case is pending.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Lee suspended the carrying out of capital punishment in the southern state following the failed execution pending an independent investigation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The remaining 10 men and one woman have been bailed pending further inquiries.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Currently pending, for example, is the petition for certiorari in Polk v.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
Trouble was brewing, even though you couldn’t exactly pinpoint what it would be or where it would come from, just as you couldn’t pinpoint the pending rain.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Vocabulary lists containing pending
The Westing Game
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A Lesson Before Dying
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The Atlantic Charter - Churchill/Roosevelt (1941)
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