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proceeding

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The investigative aspect of impeachment proceedings serves this third purpose.

It made no sense to waste all that time, effort and money, so I told my wife we should separate and start divorce proceedings.

When Karau failed to show for the proceeding, defense attorneys moved to have the charge dismissed.

Even when the proceedings are technically above-board, people can still feel like they’re being deceived.

With the help of her pastor and his wife, she connected with Bright Horizons, a shelter and advocacy group for people who have experienced domestic abuse or sexual violence, and separated from her husband, with divorce proceedings now underway.

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The NFL knew of the indictment and the results of the criminal proceeding.

Either way, the Navy is proceeding full steam ahead in preparing the DDG-1000 for sea.

The judge tells him to sit tight and wait for his case to be individually handled at the end of the proceeding.

Thirty years later, Miller beheld her in another proceeding and asked the board not to parole her.

The efforts are proceeding slowly and tentatively because the price differential of the fuel is only one factor to consider.

Before proceeding we may notice “night” of the third line is directly connected with “stars” of the fourth line by Concurrence.

Emigration is now proceeding with gigantic strides, and is destined for some time to continue.

Columbus, proceeding towards Cuba, named the headland Cabo de Cruz on this day.

When the French generals reached the Austrian end they found a sergeant of engineers actually proceeding to fire the fuse.

If the amount of a claim is unliquidated the act sets forth the mode of proceeding.

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What are other ways to say proceeding?

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. 

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On this page you'll find 71 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to proceeding, such as: course of action, action, exercise, experiment, incident, and measure.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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