- present participle of proceed.
proceeding
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The noun proceeding, commonly proceedings (plural), applies to what goes on or takes place on a given occasion or to the records of the occasion: proceedings of the Royal Academy of Sciences. A process is a series of progressive and interdependent steps by which an end is attained: a chemical process. Procedure usually implies a formal or set order of doing a thing, a method of conducting affairs: parliamentary procedure.Example Sentences
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Everton's move for Folarin Balogun collapsed after the player decided against proceeding with a transfer.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
In March, a federal district judge granted the trust a preliminary injunction, temporarily restricting the ballroom construction from proceeding while the litigation continued.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
Is the U.S. willing to climb the sanctions ladder, proceeding from those small refineries to target the Chinese state-owned banks and other institutions that sustain them?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
"The police investigation is proceeding at full speed," police added in their statement on Saturday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
The ants of one species, proceeding jerkily across a path, leave trails that can be followed by their own relatives but not by others.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
A spokesperson said the authority was in the process of negotiating access when legal proceedings were initiated.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
On Monday, the company launched a new broadside that would have the investors’ shares thrown out of appraisal proceedings, which ask the Delaware Court of Chancery to declare the fair value of the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The Crown Prosecution Service chose to resume criminal proceedings against McEvoy in March this year after her condition improved in hospital.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
This documentary drama, created by Elizabeth Marvel and director Lee Sunday Evans, is composed from the verbatim transcripts of these painful proceedings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
There were only four volumes of trial proceedings, which meant that the trial had been short.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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