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Sure, there could be a last-minute plane swap that will render all the research moot, but it’s a good starting point.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Cruise’s ambition is moot if he’s otherwise resigned himself to crowd-pleasers, making his occasional enterprising choices look even more daring.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

In the case of AI, this debate is moot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

But, as you note, that will be a moot point soon enough.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

I guess at the end of the day, it’s all moot: she made it clear she’s not interested in being more than friends.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

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 exercises, and moots, and even the revels have vanished, but the dinners remain.

From Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. by William Davy Watson

However, some analysts had questioned Firmus’s mooted valuation given it has just two facilities operating and five in development across Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

A similar arrangement is also mooted in a meeting with Orr.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

The mooted deal would have reduced those tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum to 25% from 50%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

And some of the bank's governors had already mooted a possible rates hike, she added.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

It is not likely that if this question had been mooted in the like circumstances in any of the neighbouring kingdoms, there would have been a moment’s hesitation in answering it.

From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie

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

Ms. Prelogar wrote that “the mooting of the underlying case would also moot petitioners’ attempt to intervene.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023

If it declines, the documents would be released, effectively mooting the case in a victory for the House.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2021

The methods, however, by which Pope had obtained his priority would not permit him to plead it, nor was he likely, by mooting the question, to risk the revelation of his plot.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope