- present tense form of proceed (3rd person singular).
proceeds
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After abandoning the farmland idea, the township pivoted to a plan involving buying other land for $26 million with bond proceeds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Those agreements would help Anthropic raise proceeds closer to the $100 billion goal it was once targeting, according to the Wall Street Journal.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
She also had a restaurant in New York called Toukie’s in the 1990s, which gave a part of its proceeds to the Smith Family Foundation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
The spokesperson said Defra would use "all available avenues to recover the proceeds of Chowdhury's offending on behalf of taxpayers".
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Fuchsia proceeds to spin her handles like a maniac for the next five minutes, missing the ball nearly every time it passes by.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
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