hearings

Synonyms

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Examples

Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts. Desi Arnaz

I believe in friendly compromise. I said over in the Senate hearings that truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go. Gerald Ford

Congress seems drugged and inert most of the time... its idea of meeting a problem is to hold hearings or, in extreme cases, to appoint a commission. Shirley Chisholm

They put off hearings wilfully, To finger the refreshing fee. Bernard Mandeville

It now becomes clear why the Bush Administration has been vigorously opposing congressional hearings. The Bush Administration has been engaged in a conspiracy of silence. Cynthia McKinney

Too many of my Senate colleagues overdid it. They stayed on too long - napping through committee hearings when they should have packed up and gone home. Leverett Saltonstall