impeaches

verb

present tense third-person singular of impeach
1
as in accuses
to make a claim of wrongdoing against the company's president has been impeached by the Securities and Exchange Commission

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2
as in challenges
to demand proof of the truth or rightness of questionable methodology that should cause us to impeach the findings of this survey on obesity

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Recent Examples of impeaches If the House of Representatives impeaches a president or another official, the action then moves to the Senate. — Kirsten Matoy Carlson, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026 The National Assembly impeaches Yoon on a 204-85 vote. — ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impeaches
  1. accuses
  2. challenges
  3. indicts
  4. questions
  5. disputes
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  • Biggs, the Republican nominee to lead the state, accuses the Democratic incumbent of sowing unnecessary alarm.
    — Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • In response, Cathcarts plays a voice note from the night before in which Carla accuses Morgan of not caring about Gabe.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of accuses
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  • An annual competition called BabyLM challenges researchers to train models on a child’s diet of words.
    — Charles Yeomans, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The team had to balance weight and waterproofing as well as figure out successful take off and landing in water, which reflects light and challenges the sensors used in most consumer drones to gauge distance from the ground.
    — Max Cea, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of challenges
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  • The third reason is the one that indicts FIFA’s model directly—what economists call leakage.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 June 2026
  • The film neither glamorizes nor indicts Solanas, who Taylor humanizes without softening or sentimentalizing her.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 10 June 2026
Definition of indicts
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  • But when adolescent Elia Gheorghiu shows up at school with bruises, the community questions the traditional education the Gheorghiu yougsters are getting from their parents.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Whereas Riis uses documentation to expose, Rosler questions conventional representation.
    — J. Hoberman, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of questions
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  • However, Ryadi's attorney, Eric Rosenfeld, disputes the government's characterization of her immigration status.
    — Josh Sanders, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • As Tripp Lite grew, Seid wrote checks to the Republican National Committee, ProPublica reported, and a longtime adviser described him as the Heartland Institute’s major patron, a Chicago-area think tank that disputes mainstream climate science.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of disputes

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