- 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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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
Police again stopped the Orangemen from proceeding on Sunday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Such problems have occurred many other times, though generally they have not prevented executions from proceeding.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Wilhelm said the artificial-intelligence build-out is proceeding in a different way from the dot-com boom that began to deflate in 2000.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
In this account of the creation the gods seemed bent on experimenting with the various metals, and, oddly enough, proceeding downward from the excellent to the good to the worse and so on.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Analysis of care proceedings suggests between a fifth and a quarter were "clear-cut", where a child had suffered serious harm or abuse, says Prof Karen Broadhurst from Lancaster University.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
A young Gutiérrez worked on proceedings related to the settlement, sending Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer nightly reports on what had happened in court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Had a family been given better support at the beginning of care proceedings, she says, "maybe the child wouldn't have needed to be removed… maybe the child wouldn't have needed to be adopted."
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
When Harris suggested that even inaction by Congress could have a preemptive effect on state court proceedings, Gorsuch reacted with mild disbelief.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
People stood in the hallway, craning their necks to watch the proceedings going on inside.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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