How to Use legal proceedings in a Sentence

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  • The genie is out of the bottle with this and all the recent court and legal proceedings ruling against the NCAA.
    Leonard Armato, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • How this design missed the mark is a question that will be parsed throughout the legal proceedings.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
  • My – my own legal proceedings, which by the way are crumbling, all these charges against me have been crumbling.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Their case has been held up by legal proceedings for years, with no trial date set.
    Molly Nagle, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The firm expects to engage legal proceedings in London’s High Court sometime in the weeks to come.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2023
  • The legal proceedings in New York could stretch out for months — or years — for Trump, who is hoping to win back the presidency in 2024.
    Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
  • But a state court blocked the six-week law, and legal proceedings are continuing.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The fate of the deal rests on the outcome of the various appeals and legal proceedings with regulators.
    Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023
  • As the legal proceedings continue, the future of Graceland hangs in the balance.
    Roland Oputa, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024
  • According to Tribune de Genève, Puech has already begun the legal proceedings to make the man his heir.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The building had been preserved for legal proceedings against the shooter, as well as a school deputy who failed to intervene in the shooting, but the cases already wrapped up.
    Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
  • In those legal proceedings, Kennedy framed his case as one of a humble football coach whose quiet prayers were squelched by a hostile school district.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
  • They are still involved in legal proceedings and have mostly faced setbacks.
    Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Amid the subsequent legal proceedings, Lewinsky was hounded by the public and the paparazzi.
    Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023
  • Under the proposal, a judge could decide on a case-by-case basis where and when to allow the media to observe legal proceedings.
    Claire Fahy, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The legal proceedings could take years, but the court in the Hague could rule in the coming weeks on possible emergency measures, including a ceasefire.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The legal proceedings could also put restrictions on his speech and conduct, as Chutkan warned Friday.
    Jess Bidgood, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The state attorney asked a court to hold her until legal proceedings have concluded.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
  • There are also several legal proceedings in Nevada that could stop some or all of the $380 million in public funding that’s supposed to help pay for it.
    Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Multiple sources said the legal proceedings caused Riley and Priscilla to stop speaking to each other.
    Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
  • Multiple sources said the legal proceedings caused Riley and Priscilla to stop speaking to each other.
    Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
  • The prosecutors said any conflicts with that trial, set for May, or Trump’s other legal proceedings can be worked out on a case-by-case basis.
    Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
  • In recent weeks, he’s been ahead of his competitors on lambasting the Silicon Valley Bank bailout and the legal proceedings against Trump.
    Steven Mufson, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2023
  • And both believed that the legal proceedings and the 2024 election would finally render a judgment not just on Trump the man but on the future of America’s democracy.
    Sarah Ellison and Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Trump has spent the little time he's had to campaign outside of his various legal proceedings visiting Wisconsin, not once, but twice in the past two months.
    Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
  • The petition seeks an order for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza as legal proceedings, which could take years, unfold over the genocide claim.
    Jess Bravin, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2024
  • And both believed that the legal proceedings and the 2024 election would finally render a judgment not just on Trump, but on the future of America’s democracy.
    Greg Jaffe, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Larson said this could be part of showing a need for large quantities of water as legal proceedings continue.
    The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2023
  • After dozens of arrests spanning several states in the early-morning hours, the legal proceedings on Tuesday gave a sense of the scope of the investigation.
    Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Last month, the Duke of Sussex shocked royal watchers during a surprise U.K. visit to attend legal proceedings.
    Karu F. Daniels New York Daily News (tns), al, 14 Apr. 2023

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