- present participle of proceed.
proceeding
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The noun proceeding, commonly proceedings (plural), applies to what goes on or takes place on a given occasion or to the records of the occasion: proceedings of the Royal Academy of Sciences. A process is a series of progressive and interdependent steps by which an end is attained: a chemical process. Procedure usually implies a formal or set order of doing a thing, a method of conducting affairs: parliamentary procedure.Example Sentences
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In Mogadishu, resident Muqtar Hussein said the situation in South West "illustrates the risks of proceeding with disputed elections without political consensus".
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Justice Department officials said the case is proceeding apace, with roughly a dozen prosecutors continuing to pursue a set of related investigations that could result in charges in coming weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Several council members voiced unease about proceeding without a better sense of the LAPD’s internal policy on license plate reader use.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Such problems have occurred many other times, though generally they have not prevented executions from proceeding.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
The speech had been proceeding for perhaps twenty minutes when a mes-senger hurried onto the platform and a scrap of paper was slipped into the speaker’s hand.
From "1984" by George Orwell
On Wednesday, New York City Comptroller Mark Levine sent a letter to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urging the company to pause its IPO proceedings until it fully addresses safety and governance issues surrounding AI technology.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Gen. Rob Bonta said such arrests have long been barred because they are unconstitutional and deeply disruptive to the rule of law and the rights of victims, witnesses, defendants and other parties to court proceedings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
A detention hearing is scheduled on 19 October to determine whether he should remain in custody while proceedings continue.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
It is not clear if there will be further legal proceedings or whether Sivarasa will remain in detention, and for how long.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
But the rashness of these mens proceedings, has rather prejudic’d, than advanc’d, what they make shew to promote.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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