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[prawng, prong] / prɔŋ, prɒŋ /


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The first prong is to reduce the litigation threat that often surrounds the companies that offer these products.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026

On Tuesday, though, Gorsuch added a new prong to the test: State officials, he wrote, must provide “voluntary and knowing consent” to be sued if they violate rights established under the spending clause.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026

Close to 60 defendants have been convicted, and federal prosecutors last week charged the 78th person in a prong of the cases that authorities called “the largest Covid-19 fraud scheme in the country.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

And that comes to the second prong of the agreement: rejecting certain credit cards.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

“Oh, all right,” grumbled Fadi, handing her the wooden spoon while he kept the steel fork with the crooked prong.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai




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