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[moot] / mut /


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Chavez-DeRemer’s attorney told the Washington Post: “The moot report confirms that Secretary Chavez-DeRemer did not violate any laws.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Where losing a 4-0 advantage ranks in the pantheon of Celtic failures is a moot point.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Charter made the 13 years of that moot by buying Cox.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Moraes said Saturday that Milei's request was moot due to the overall ban.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Within two weeks, the original intent of the engineer who walked away from her, whatever it might have been, was moot.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

The states on Tuesday said the addition of Alex Fairly, who owns a medical billing negotiation firm and lives in Amarillo, moots the motion to transfer the case.

From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2023

“The president’s pardon, which General Flynn has accepted, moots this case,” the Justice Department filing said.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2020

Five of those suspects are in the county jail pending trials — four of them held without bond on serious charges that preclude release, which Elrich noted moots the urgency in the detainer debate.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2019

“New legislation or regulations giving plaintiffs all they seek moots the case,” wrote Zachary W. Carter, corporation counsel for New York City.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2019

The Inns of Court were spared; their moots and readings did no perceptible harm, if little perceptible good.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

That is perhaps why Concacaf president Victor Montagliani has been consistently mooted as the most likely challenger to Infantino in recent weeks.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

SpaceX’s initial public offering in June, and mooted IPOs by OpenAI and Anthropic, could generate tens of billions more dollars for schools—assuming high-flyers don’t vamoose to avoid a hefty tax bill on their windfalls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Promoter Eddie Hearn said there are "many, many more chapters to write" in Joshua's career, beginning with the long-awaited meeting with Fury, which is mooted to take place later this year.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Mr. Newsom sought to get ahead of news about the mooted Justice Department probe with a video on social media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

It has already been mentioned that the question has often been mooted whether the mind was really quite at rest during sleep, or still operative in dreams.

From Modern Magic by Maximilian Schele de Vere

The Italian lender made a $35 billion cash-and-share offer for MPS shortly after competitor Banco BPM said it was itself mooting a merger with the smaller bank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

He has consistently offered to buy it off - an offer rejected by Denmark and Greenland - whilst mooting the possibility of seizing it by force.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

The administration’s brief said “the mooting of the underlying case would also moot petitioners’ attempt to intervene.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2023

“Well, certainly your honor. It’s been amended,” Giuliani replied, mooting nearly everything he had just argued.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2020

And now, if your words have the meaning I read into them, you are mooting precisely the same drivelling scheme.

From Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse




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