- present tense form of proceed (3rd person singular).
proceeds
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The sale proceeds are held for the benefit of newly-formed congregations to cover the costs of maintaining, refurbishing and developing other buildings they own.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The proceeds from the film would prove to be middling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
“This is us taking that $2.2 billion of proceeds from the IPO and turning it into rapid commercial growth, which is the whole point,” said Tim Latimer, Fervo’s chief executive and co-founder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
If they decline, the current service members who sued will remain protected from discharge while their challenge proceeds.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
This suggested to me the Optimal Fragmentation Principle: innovation proceeds most rapidly in a society with some optimal intermediate degree of fragmentation: a too-unified society is at a disadvantage, and so is a too-fragmented society.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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