as in lawsuit
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Recent Examples of litigation
Those challenges may have deterred organizations, especially smaller ones, from getting into litigation over VMware.
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Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
In meeting minutes from April 2025, a board member recommended that the club create a litigation committee because of several ongoing suits.
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Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
California Attorney General Rob Bonta one week to consider entering pre-suit settlement negotiations that would have avoided litigation altogether.
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David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2026
Despite the temporary expansion, the ED maintains its original definitions are lawful and plans to continue litigation.
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Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for litigation
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
In meeting minutes from April 2025, a board member recommended that the club create a litigation committee because of several ongoing suits.
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Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
California Attorney General Rob Bonta one week to consider entering pre-suit settlement negotiations that would have avoided litigation altogether.
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David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2026
Despite the temporary expansion, the ED maintains its original definitions are lawful and plans to continue litigation.
—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for litigation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for litigation
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Trump is consistently being rebuffed in court; the Justice Department has lost at least a dozen election lawsuits.
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Those logistics include a lawsuit by Communities for a Better Environment to halt the county’s original sale of its own half-interest in the site to the Athletics baseball franchise for $85 million in 2019.
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Interviewed following his win on ESPN, the 42-year-old Chestnut dismissed, more or less, the impact of today’s 92 degree New York heat on the proceedings.
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The proceeding will resemble a minitrial, but prosecutors need only demonstrate that there are reasonable grounds to believe Robinson killed Kirk.
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Sam Machado sat at the defense table next to his lawyer, David Fischer, wearing a dark suit.
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Chanel has acquired Charvet, the Parisian shirtmaker known for bespoke shirts, suits and accessories, the house announced on Thursday.
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Blanche has previously defended the DOJ's actions in response to the transparency law.
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Other signs of scam communications include requesting money or sensitive information, threatening legal action or arrest or pressuring the victim to take immediate action, a Microsoft spokesperson told the Herald.
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“Litigation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/litigation. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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