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proceeding

pruh see ding

  • n  (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
  • v  continue talking
  • v  move ahead; travel onward in time or space
  • v  follow a procedure or take a course
  • v  follow a certain course
  • v  continue a certain state, condition, or activity

  • A communiqu from the White House last week could well have read: "Operations are proceeding according to planfor once.
  • To obstruct a proceeding or tamper with a witness, there must be both a witness and a proceeding.
  • Several other legislators were interested in this proceeding, especially Congressmen Oxley, Stearns, Pickering and Largent who also wrote the FCC regarding the proceeding.
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  • Hillary Rodham Clinton in Belfast Telegraph
    While we acknowledge the sincere efforts of both Turkey and Brazil to find a solution,Mrs Clinton said, "we are proceeding to rally the international community on behalf of a strong sanctions resolution that will, in our view, send an...
  • David Stern in ESPN
    Some are scheduled for appearance before the grand jury and the investigation is proceeding with the intensity that one would expect for such a serious incident,Stern said.
  • Stephen Hadley in International Herald Tribune
    The president "has said publicly what Rumsfeld said, that things are not proceeding well enough or fast enough in Iraq," Hadley said.

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