litigations

noun

plural of litigation
as in lawsuits

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  1. lawsuits
  2. proceedings
  3. actions
  4. suits
Noun
  • The companies say a flood of lawsuits in state courts is not the way to deal with the global issue.
    — LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Yet two multimillion-dollar lawsuits against the network blame it for what happened.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of lawsuits
Noun
  • The court proceedings lasted nearly a year, from November 1945 to October 1946, in Nuremberg, the city where the race laws of 1935 were established, which led to the Holocaust.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
  • In Ukraine, the prosecutor general's office told NPR that national police are still conducting a pretrial investigation into the deaths of Kuvshynova and Zakrzewski in advance of possible criminal proceedings against Russian forces.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of proceedings
Noun
  • Arrests near schools or colleges have increased, though enforcement actions on campuses are extremely uncommon.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Similar actions have come from Tennessee, Kentucky, and beyond.
    — Kent Sepkowitz, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of actions
Noun
  • The Princess of Wales regularly sports suits by Burberry and Roland Mouret for daytime engagements and public outings.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • That remains a possible outcome, but Monday’s argument kept open the prospect that a conservative majority will rule to block the climate-change suits.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of suits
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“Litigations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/litigations. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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