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Recent Examples of litigation
While litigation unfolds, people in prisons without air conditioning continue to endure the effects of extreme heat, which is often exacerbated by building materials that trap heat and humidity.
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Ivy Scott, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
The denial of the application is not a ruling on the merits of the legal issues presented in the litigation.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Spokespeople for all three defendants declined to comment on pending litigation.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Cook denies wrongdoing and continues to serve on the board while the litigation continues.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
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Ivy Scott, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
The denial of the application is not a ruling on the merits of the legal issues presented in the litigation.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Spokespeople for all three defendants declined to comment on pending litigation.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Cook denies wrongdoing and continues to serve on the board while the litigation continues.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for litigation
Noun
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Trump has initiated a flurry of defamation lawsuits against media companies, accusing them of false or misleading coverage.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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In a court filing ahead of the settlement in the music label fight, IA had argued that labels had added an avalanche of infringing works so late into the lawsuit to create leverage to force a settlement.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Bolsonaro’s defense argued that planning a coup is not the execution of a coup and alleged that Justice Moraes, who led the proceedings, was biased against their client.—
Adriana Carranca,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Call My Agent The Movie – or Dix Pour Cent Le Film to give it its French title – picks up proceedings five years after the agency has closed.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Posing next to Colman Domingo and Salma Hayek Pinault (who wore an elegant black Balenciaga suit dress), Moore’s glitzy look shone.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
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That suit came days after a federal judge blocked the administration from deploying the National Guard in Los Angeles.—
Martha McHardy
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In Middlesex League action, Kaylee Master recorded a hat trick, Sophia Setouhi added a pair and Gianna Venezia scored her first varsity goal as Watertown (5-0) blanked Woburn, 7-0, for its 102nd straight field hockey win.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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Here, Pearce sought a declaratory judgment that the operating agreements had already been rejected by the bankruptcy estate, but the Court noted that no such action had taken place since Debtor's reorganization plan had neither been confirmed nor rejected by the Court so far.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Litigation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/litigation. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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