In a sentence
Six example sentences with proceeding, each labelled with its topic.
The proceeding opened with three days of motions, and no witness took the stand until the second week.
Law
The bankruptcy proceeding froze every account, so suppliers filed claims and waited for the court to rank them in order.
Business
Clerks preserved the entire proceeding in longhand, and those bound volumes remain the only record of the 1834 land dispute.
History
The impeachment proceeding ran for eleven days, and senators heard every witness before a single vote was cast.
Politics
The proceeding against the paper mill opened with the judge asking exactly how much dye had reached the river.
Environment
A patent proceeding over the phone's swipe gesture dragged on for four years before either company won anything.
Technology
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