- present participle of proceed.
proceeding
Usage
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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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"Every court proceeding serves as a painful reminder of his death and the loss that has irrevocably impacted our lives and the lives of his children."
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026
Investors may now feel the probability of Anthropic proceeding with its IPO this year is increasing.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026
But the proceeding was reportedly postponed because the 64-year-old would not come out of his jail cell.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
SpaceX, a Defense Department service provider, is proceeding with its IPO, with trading expected to begin on Friday.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
I don’t look away this time, so he does a salute toward my corner before proceeding to tell the old people looking eagerly up at him a joke about a talking muffin.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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