Pending
adjective
Not decided yet, waiting for something to be finished.
The court case is still pending.
Often appears as...
- pending decision
- pending approval
preposition
While waiting for something.
Pending his return, his assistant will take over.
Often appears as...
- pending the outcome
- pending further investigation
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Formal
adjective
Coming or likely to happen soon.
She is anxiously waiting for her pending promotion.
Often appears as...
- pending promotion
- pending changes
adjective
Not decided yet, waiting for something to be finished.
The court case is still pending.
Often appears as...
- pending decision
- pending approval
preposition
While waiting for something.
Pending his return, his assistant will take over.
Often appears as...
- pending the outcome
- pending further investigation
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Coming or likely to happen soon.
She is anxiously waiting for her pending promotion.
Often appears as...
- pending promotion
- pending changes
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Expect Delays
Use 'pending' to indicate that an action or decision is on hold, often due to external factors.
Her application is pending further review.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Situations
'Pending' is frequently used in legal or formal contexts to describe cases or decisions that are not finalized.
His judgment is pending appeal.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporal Suspension
Use 'pending' when something is temporarily suspended until a particular event occurs or a condition is met.
Payment is pending confirmation of receipt.
Pro Tip 1/3Expect Delays
Use 'pending' to indicate that an action or decision is on hold, often due to external factors.
Her application is pending further review.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Situations
'Pending' is frequently used in legal or formal contexts to describe cases or decisions that are not finalized.
His judgment is pending appeal.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporal Suspension
Use 'pending' when something is temporarily suspended until a particular event occurs or a condition is met.
Payment is pending confirmation of receipt.
Pro Tip 1/3Expect Delays
Use 'pending' to indicate that an action or decision is on hold, often due to external factors.
Her application is pending further review.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Situations
'Pending' is frequently used in legal or formal contexts to describe cases or decisions that are not finalized.
His judgment is pending appeal.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporal Suspension
Use 'pending' when something is temporarily suspended until a particular event occurs or a condition is met.
Payment is pending confirmation of receipt.
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A garden in my apartment...
And we're able to look out for the needs of newcomers. So for do-it-yourselfers, we provide free, very well-tested instructions so that anyone, anywhere around the world, can build one of these systems for free. And there's a patent pending on these systems as well that's held by the community.
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How germs travel on...
The first thing I thought was, "This is no good." So I actually conducted more than 32 different simulations and ultimately, I came up with this solution right here. This is what I call a -- patent pending -- Global Inlet Director. With this, we're able to reduce pathogen transmission
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Samantha Power: Shaking...
to your governor where divestment legislation is pending. They've lowered the transaction costs of stopping genocide. I think the most innovative thing they've introduced recently are genocide grades. And it takes students to introduce genocide grades.
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Dan Barber: A surprising...
Ridiculous, right? Foie gras and the future of cooking. There's not a food today that's more maligned than foie gras, right? I mean, it's crucified. It was outlawed in Chicago for a while. It's pending here in California, and just recently in New York.
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How revenge porn turns...
And that leaves a few of you in this audience as potential victims. You want to know what's even more alarming? Lack of legislation and laws to adequately protect victims and punish perpetrators. There's only one federal bill pending;
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Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
growls barks yips and whines are equally as important as the non verbal body language of baring teeth and warning of pending aggression or the tucking of a tail in submission those are just a few examples of the broad array of
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The End of Roe v. Wade...
all of whom have difficulty accessing safe and affordable abortion. Now the question What’s going to happen now? And unfortunately, things are going to get worse. There are currently three cases pending in the Supreme Court,
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held up in a bit of a roadblock it's the best roadblock it to be and though we can see a little bit of drivel coming out to your pending there hey showing us a little bit of attitude
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Coyote Predators PIPE...
remarkably quiet alarm calls warn of a pending threat but if that threat comes
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Safari Live - Day 337 PIPE...
here's the pen David can you see the pending yeah let's take a view and see
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A garden in my apartment...
And we're able to look out for the needs of newcomers. So for do-it-yourselfers, we provide free, very well-tested instructions so that anyone, anywhere around the world, can build one of these systems for free. And there's a patent pending on these systems as well that's held by the community.
Video examples
How germs travel on...
The first thing I thought was, "This is no good." So I actually conducted more than 32 different simulations and ultimately, I came up with this solution right here. This is what I call a -- patent pending -- Global Inlet Director. With this, we're able to reduce pathogen transmission
Video examples
Samantha Power: Shaking...
to your governor where divestment legislation is pending. They've lowered the transaction costs of stopping genocide. I think the most innovative thing they've introduced recently are genocide grades. And it takes students to introduce genocide grades.
Video examples
Dan Barber: A surprising...
Ridiculous, right? Foie gras and the future of cooking. There's not a food today that's more maligned than foie gras, right? I mean, it's crucified. It was outlawed in Chicago for a while. It's pending here in California, and just recently in New York.
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How revenge porn turns...
And that leaves a few of you in this audience as potential victims. You want to know what's even more alarming? Lack of legislation and laws to adequately protect victims and punish perpetrators. There's only one federal bill pending;
Video examples
Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
growls barks yips and whines are equally as important as the non verbal body language of baring teeth and warning of pending aggression or the tucking of a tail in submission those are just a few examples of the broad array of
Video examples
The End of Roe v. Wade...
all of whom have difficulty accessing safe and affordable abortion. Now the question What’s going to happen now? And unfortunately, things are going to get worse. There are currently three cases pending in the Supreme Court,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
held up in a bit of a roadblock it's the best roadblock it to be and though we can see a little bit of drivel coming out to your pending there hey showing us a little bit of attitude
Video examples
Coyote Predators PIPE...
remarkably quiet alarm calls warn of a pending threat but if that threat comes
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Safari Live - Day 337 PIPE...
here's the pen David can you see the pending yeah let's take a view and see
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Bharti Singh
My father passed away when I was two, and my mother was just 22-years-old back then. So young and only soul to take care of three brats. We were highly in debt and our financial condition was really bad. My mother used to work in a factory, and she used to complete the pending work at home.
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John Kennedy
American Lawyer
Jurisdictions across the U.S. are snapping up algorithms as tools to help judges make bail and bond decisions. They're being sold as race- and gender-neutral assessments that allow judges to use science in determining whether someone will behave if released from jail pending trial.
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Lee Krasner
American Artist
You were told how much space so it was a matter of whether you could send in two paintings or three paintings, you know, pending where the show was being held. You did submit work to be accepted. Once you were accepted that was it. You did your own selection of what went in.
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian Statesman
One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts... to my surprise... almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias.
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Chiranjeevi
Indian Politician
I'm not an ambitious person. I'm very content, and I have no pending dreams. God has given me so much, and if there's one thing I really want to do, it's to serve the people.
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Mary McCarthy
American Author
Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.
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Chris Fussell
American Author
When the collective mentality of any organization is self and self-preservation first, it's a sure sign of pending doom.
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Ram Charan
Indian Actor
The moment we finished shooting for 'Bruce Lee,' my wife Upasana reminded of a pending holiday.
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Katie Kitamura
American Novelist
It's hard, but I try not to think of happiness as either pending or in the past.
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Arijit Singh
Indian Musician
Apart from work, whatever pending things I have to do, I do it in Murshidabad.
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Bharti Singh
My father passed away when I was two, and my mother was just 22-years-old back then. So young and only soul to take care of three brats. We were highly in debt and our financial condition was really bad. My mother used to work in a factory, and she used to complete the pending work at home.
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John Kennedy
American Lawyer
Jurisdictions across the U.S. are snapping up algorithms as tools to help judges make bail and bond decisions. They're being sold as race- and gender-neutral assessments that allow judges to use science in determining whether someone will behave if released from jail pending trial.
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Lee Krasner
American Artist
You were told how much space so it was a matter of whether you could send in two paintings or three paintings, you know, pending where the show was being held. You did submit work to be accepted. Once you were accepted that was it. You did your own selection of what went in.
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian Statesman
One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts... to my surprise... almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias.
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Chiranjeevi
Indian Politician
I'm not an ambitious person. I'm very content, and I have no pending dreams. God has given me so much, and if there's one thing I really want to do, it's to serve the people.
Quote examples
Mary McCarthy
American Author
Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.
Quote examples
Chris Fussell
American Author
When the collective mentality of any organization is self and self-preservation first, it's a sure sign of pending doom.
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Ram Charan
Indian Actor
The moment we finished shooting for 'Bruce Lee,' my wife Upasana reminded of a pending holiday.
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Katie Kitamura
American Novelist
It's hard, but I try not to think of happiness as either pending or in the past.
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Arijit Singh
Indian Musician
Apart from work, whatever pending things I have to do, I do it in Murshidabad.
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