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goings-on

noun

Definition of goings-on

as in malpractice

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Recent Examples of goings-on Morris contributed a logical note to sneaky goings-on, and Lupus made his silent bit seem credible. — Ed Olmstead, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026 Half of the game's length is swallowed up by me trudging from point A to point B while characters yap endlessly about the current goings-on. — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026 No one is born understanding what a yield curve is, and even financial experts sometimes struggle to articulate the goings-on of the cryptic $160 trillion market. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026 The sibling drama, meanwhile, rather fades out of view amid these loftier goings-on; the film’s narrative begins to feel devised by the old parlor game Consequences, repeatedly wrenched in erratic new directions. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026 She’s given a worthy avatar in Mason, who brings an appropriately surreal understanding to the goings-on in Effie’s life, but never turns Effie into a caricature. — Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026 Hewitt likes to share updates on her and Scottie’s goings-on, and recently posted cute photos from her baby daughter’s first pool sesh. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026 Jackie’s rise to reality stardom began after Friends of Big Bear Valley installed a webcam in 2015 to capture the goings-on of her parents’ nest. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 The final test site was chosen to be far enough from Los Alamos, so the explosion would not be connected with the goings-on at the laboratory there, but close enough that scientists and engineers could easily travel to the site. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026

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Noun

The Times’ belated discovery of Bragg’s malpractice emerged through an unlikely incident that has not been reported in full.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
Reasonable people can disagree about where Clark belonged behind Wilson, but leaving the Fever superstar outside the top five is borderline malpractice.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of malpractice

Noun

The screening usually focusses on clandestine hanky-panky, but this season the girls’ irreverence was so abundant that the producers treated them to an unprecedented second viewing night.

— Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
So just to be critical or even open to suspicion of hanky-panky or shenanigans around vaccination is immediately shut down by The New York Times or anybody.

— David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025

Definition of hanky-panky

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Rogers’ indiscretion was later exploited by online blackmail scammers, ultimately leading to his downfall.

— Eamon Javers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
All of these cases have provided something of a template for missteps and indiscretions by people who work in sports media.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of indiscretion

Noun

With local cops, plagued by rumors of departmental misdeeds, looking for a peaceful solution and federal authorities contemplating extreme action, the situation escalates.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
More recently, investigations of financial misdeeds have inspired public ennui.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of misdeed

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New York City has policies that limit local law enforcement from sharing certain information with federal officers or honoring detainer requests unless immigrants have been convicted of violent crimes.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
All three are crime drama-thrillers, the most exportable and ordered of program types, but all three reject tropes of the genre.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of crime

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This is a home designed not to impress, but to reaffirm that rare sense of familiarity that, at times, even precedes memory.

— Amir Capogrossi Badreddine, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026
By peak season, the brand has familiarity and a warmer audience rather than starting from zero.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of familiarity

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Denver's Ethics Code includes provisions addressing conflicts of interest and the appearance of impropriety.

— Brian Maass, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
The reasoning is to avoid the perception of impropriety that could come from making a ruling that contradicts what viewers are seeing on television.

— Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of impropriety

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