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moot

[moot] / mut /


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Where losing a 4-0 advantage ranks in the pantheon of Celtic failures is a moot point.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Charter made the 13 years of that moot by buying Cox.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

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

I guess at the end of the day, it’s all moot: she made it clear she’s not interested in being more than friends.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

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

Promoter Eddie Hearn said there are "many, many more chapters to write" in Joshua's career, beginning with the long-awaited meeting with Fury, which is mooted to take place later this year.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Mr. Newsom sought to get ahead of news about the mooted Justice Department probe with a video on social media.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

The good news is the mooted deal doesn’t speak only of “highly enriched uranium.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

When Canberra mooted similar laws in 2024, Facebook parent Meta announced that Australian users would no longer be able to access the "news" tab.

From Barron's Apr. 28, 2026

It is a mooted question whether it modifies them directly or indirectly.

From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Camille Flammarion

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

Ms. Prelogar wrote that “the mooting of the underlying case would also moot petitioners’ attempt to intervene.”

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2023

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

From BBC May 16, 2022

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

From Slate Nov. 18, 2020

The methods, however, by which Pope had obtained his priority would not permit him to plead it, nor was he likely, by mooting the question, to risk the revelation of his plot.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope




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