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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“Final negotiations on ‘Peace’ are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
"It's a very solemn proceeding and it emphasises the significance and the weight of responsibility that is carried by the person that holds the office of first minister," he told BBC Scotland News.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
A Haifa court held that international law still authorized prize-taking, but Israel had waited too long to bring the condemnation proceeding.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The case has dragged due to judicial and prosecutorial recusals and other procedural challenges in what has become known as "Stop Stalingrad", in reference to a tactic aimed at wearing down proceeding through constant appeals.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
She stood at the doorway and tied her wrapper before proceeding to embrace me so tightly that I felt my nose and lips being squashed against her arms.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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