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proceedings

/pɹəˈsiːd.ɪŋz/ noun C1
  1. The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law. · You should institute legal proceedings.
  2. The published record of the actions of a society, or of things done at its meetings.
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A MONKEY perched upon a lofty tree saw some Fishermen casting their nets into a river, and narrowly watched their proceedings.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 46 · B2
But, fortunately, Musgrave, who had begun to appreciate the meaning of my proceedings, and who was now as excited as myself, took out his manuscript to check my calculation.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 20 · B2
Of their terrible chief few details came out during the proceedings, and if I have now been compelled to make a clear statement of his career it is due to those injudicious champions who have endeavoured to clear his memory by attacks upon him whom I shall ever regard as the best and the wisest man whom I have ever known.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 127 · B2
I would only observe that there is a certain method in the gentleman’s eccentric proceedings.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 72 · C1

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