(a.) Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspense; as, a pending suit.
(prep.) During; as, pending the trail.
Example Sentences:
(1) And this has opened up a loophole for businesses to be morally bankrupt, ignoring the obligations to its workforce because no legal conduct has been established.” Whatever the outcome of the pending lawsuits, it’s unlikely that just one model will work for everybody.
(2) A preliminary "profile" of the patient with low back pain who would likely benefit from manual therapy included acute symptom onset with less than a 1-month duration of symptoms, central or paravertebral pain distribution, no previous exposure to spinal manipulation, and no pending litigation or workers' compensation.
(3) He can appoint Garland to the supreme court, and even push through the other 58 federal judicial nominees that are pending.
(4) Catheter occlusion of the right lower pulmonary artery allowed evaluation of the integrity of the remaining pulmonary vascular bed as well as improvement of the patient's hemodynamic condition pending more definitive therapy.
(5) The spokesman added that there were already "quite a few cases pending".
(6) UK in denial over Saudi arms sales being used in Yemen, claims Oxfam Read more A previous draft report prepared by the arms export controls select committee was set to call for a suspension of UK arms sales to Saudi pending an independent investigation into the way the Saudi-led coalition was conducting a bombing campaign in Yemen.
(7) The implications for ethics committees of the pending federal Patient Self-Determination Act are discussed here by John C. Fletcher in "The Patient Self-Determination Act: yes," and by Alexander Morgan Capron in "The Patient Self-Determination Act: not now."
(8) Greens in the European parliament, as well as in France and Germany , called for the conference to be postponed pending an investigation of the allegations.
(9) Scotland Yard said the 15-year-old was questioned on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act, but freed on bail on Tuesday morning pending further inquiries.
(10) I would do so in consideration of the appellants' rights, to avoid the possibility of a miscarriage of justice, and in comity with the supreme courts' request for time to resolve the issues pending before it."
(11) These conclusions must be considered tentative, pending other studies to disprove the presence of new molecular species with no change in net charge or size.
(12) As pharmacists are legally or unofficially involved in many areas with few facilities, it may be questioned how their contribution may be more effective pending the development of more extensive official programs.
(13) The TLU was well tolerated by the patients; only two patients refused the TLU pending discussion of the technique with their obstetrician.
(14) Although supporters have stumped up £180,000, it is expected bail will be refused, pending a full hearing of Sweden's extradition request.
(15) The Alabama supreme court ordered county probate judges to uphold the state ban pending a final ruling by the US supreme court , which hears arguments in April on whether gay couples nationwide have a fundamental right to marry and whether states can ban such unions.
(16) Successful application of CAD technology for bridge to transplant or pending recovery of the natural heart requires understanding issues involving team readiness, patient selection, device limitations, patient management, and complications.
(17) But the pending toughening of the rules merely angers lawyers acting for the detainees even more – why, they ask, did the Obama administration not act more quickly to effect transfers before the squeeze was imposed.
(18) Pending delivery, which is the only definitive therapy for preeclampsia, maternal complications of intracerebral hemorrhage and eclampsia may be prevented with judicious use of antihypertensive medication (e.g., hydralazine) and magnesium sulfate, respectively.
(19) Balls's intervention came in the wake of News International announcing yesterday that Ian Edmondson, the News of the World's assistant editor, had been suspended before Christmas pending an investigation into whether he had instructed reporters to hack phones, or had knowledge of the practice.
(20) He is reported to have expressed unhappiness at his own pending deployment and of US troops being responsible for the killing of fellow Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Until
Definition:
(prep.) To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects.
(prep.) To; up to; till; before; -- used of time; as, he staid until evening; he will not come back until the end of the month.
(conj.) As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; till. See Till, conj.