- present tense form of proceed (3rd person singular).
proceeds
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And if the case proceeds, they may have to say so under oath.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Tariff refunds have exceeded $100 billion, with companies treating the proceeds as a one-time windfall to increase marketing budgets and offset costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Sotheby's said all proceeds of the sale will be donated to the Ferrari Foundation's educational programmes.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Meyers proceeds to tell an astonished Ed that he’s a huge fan of his long-forgotten 1979 poetry collection entitled “Way Past Go,” the postal worker’s fleeting brush with literary success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
This suggested to me the Optimal Fragmentation Principle: innovation proceeds most rapidly in a society with some optimal intermediate degree of fragmentation: a too-unified society is at a disadvantage, and so is a too-fragmented society.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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