mooting

Example Sentences

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He has consistently offered to buy it off - an offer rejected by Denmark and Greenland - whilst mooting the possibility of seizing it by force.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 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

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

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2021

The news comes amid an apparent Christmas hiatus in leadership manoeuvrings, with only two candidates so far having formally declared their intention to stand, but up to half a dozen more mooting possible bids.

From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2019

For the islanders, having just left the court of the mooting, were none of them armed.

From The Thirsty Sword by Leighton, Robert