How to Use litigate in a Sentence

litigate

verb
Definition of litigatenext
  • They agree to litigate all disputes in this court.
  • The company's unwillingness to make a deal increased her desire to litigate.
  • This thing went up to court and it got litigated for a long time.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • In fact, the club could stay open for months while the case is litigated, Shurtleff said.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • That status allows the lawyers to litigate on behalf of the state.
    — Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al, 13 Apr. 2023
  • If litigated, the matter would likely go to the Supreme Court, Kalt and Crouch said.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 18 June 2023
  • Laws in at least two states are on hold as they’re litigated.
    — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
  • The county is gearing up to litigate the cases, bringing on 11 law firms to work through the claims.
    — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
  • Moments later, Flint walked from the dugout to litigate the issue with the umpire.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
  • The only way for the court to determine the falsity of that claim would be to litigate the teachings of the Temple.
    — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Is this an issue that just gets litigated again and again and again?
    — CBS News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • But the efforts to re-litigate the 2020 election in Wisconsin are not over.
    — Lauren Dezenski, CNN, 10 Aug. 2021
  • And that’s a direct result of their being able to litigate.
    — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • If the judge does not grant the injunction, the ban will continue while the case is litigated, which could take months or years.
    — Marin Wolf, Dallas News, 19 July 2023
  • The decision puts a hold on the law while it's being litigated.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
  • This is not to re-litigate Gurianov’s play, which tends to resemble an inkblot test.
    — Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The book’s subject is the further adventures of Selin; one of its aims is to litigate just what a novel is, anyway.
    — Rumaan Alam, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022
  • The 11th Circuit is expected to rule on whether the fund can proceed with its grant program as the court case is litigated.
    — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Those who are still holding the debts are either distressed debt investors or those willing to wait to litigate it out over the next few years.
    — Ken Sweet and Fatima Hussein, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2022
  • The company that owns the land, Bolthouse Land Co., is still litigating.
    — Amy Taxin, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2023
  • This column isn’t the place to litigate the accusations made by either side.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Will congresspeople and city-council members have to step in and litigate this one for us?
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2021
  • That question is one of several complex and rarely litigated issues the U.S. Supreme Court will be asked to resolve in the case.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Jan. 2024
  • And again, whether Twitter wants to litigate over it is a separate question.
    — Scott Nover, Quartz, 7 June 2022
  • Correia settled the case with the SEC but counsel for Parnas continues to litigate the suit on his behalf.
    — Lauren Del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN, 12 Oct. 2021
  • If Connor doesn’t grant the injunction, the ban will continue while the case is litigated — a process that will likely take months or years.
    — Marin Wolf, Dallas News, 19 July 2023
  • The one thing that definitely tribes fear is having to litigate.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
  • Both sides agreed in the merger agreement to litigate any dispute in the Court of Chancery, known for resolving conflicts much faster than other courts.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2022
  • The final word may not rest with Biden, but the courts, if Trump decides to litigate — which is expected — or if the House votes to hold any of the witnesses in contempt of Congress.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Nugent set a hearing for Aug. 12 to litigate the issue, ordering Mosby to appear in court to try to persuade the judge not to hold her in contempt of court.
    — Alex Mann, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022

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