How to Use presentment in a Sentence

presentment

noun
  • The other way to veto a bill is within five days after presentment.
    Bill Dentzer, idahostatesman, 28 Apr. 2017
  • The events of that night and the morning after, as detailed in the grand-jury presentment, were both horrific and disturbing.
    Benjamin Wallace, vanityfair.com, 3 Oct. 2017
  • The deal marks Usio’s return to the electronic bill payment and presentment industry.
    Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com, 16 Dec. 2020
  • The presentment said Coffey consumed a bottle of bourbon he was given.
    CBS News, 17 Jan. 2018
  • CheckFree actually brought a presentment service, called E-Bill, out of the pilot phase and onto the market in March 1997.
    Randolph Court, WIRED, 30 Apr. 1998
  • Groaning and shivering, Deng was brought into the living room, but wasn't driven to a hospital for at least an hour, the grand jury presentment said.
    Chris Fuchs, NBC News, 16 May 2017
  • The officer eventually settled a lawsuit against the city, the department and Holmes, the presentment said.
    Ray Sanchez and Mirna Alsharif, CNN, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The criminal presentment against some of the fraternity members shows electronic messages urging the pledges not to talk, and to clean up the alcohol in the basement.
    Sara Ganim and Chris Welch, CNN, 15 May 2017
  • Testing of other bodily fluids shows that his peak blood alcohol level reached up to .558, the presentment said.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The presentment establishes a timeline and how Coffey died.
    Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Prosecutors charged him with robbery and he was jailed after a presentment hearing, according to court files.
    Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 30 July 2019
  • In announcing the charges, Krasner cited a presentment, or formal charging document, by a grand jury that was based on unreleased video of the shooting.
    Eric Levenson and Melissa Alonso, CNN, 2 May 2022
  • The hearings, known as a presentment, featured a reading of the charges against each individual and his relevant constitutional rights.
    Paul Myerberg, The Courier-Journal, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Prosecutors had also charged the fraternity with those same seven counts, according to the presentment.
    Chris Fuchs, NBC News, 16 May 2017
  • As the rush of a campaign meets the reality of governing, incoming presidents and staffers grow frustrated with the messy details of bicameralism and presentment—sign-off from both chambers and the president—required to enact new laws.
    Luther Strange, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Later video showed Piazza on a couch, unresponsive even as fraternity brothers poured water on his face, his left arm falling limply when someone lifted it, according to the grand jury presentment.
    Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 5 May 2017
  • Mendoza was charged in the presentment with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and possession of an instrument of crime with intent to use it criminally, said Krasner.
    Eric Levenson and Melissa Alonso, CNN, 2 May 2022
  • The alleged details in the grand jury presentment, which suggest the inhumane treatment of a student forced through hazing to consume dangerous amounts of alcohol and endure hours of suffering, are sickening and difficult to understand.
    Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 5 May 2017
  • An electronic bill presentment and invoice reminding feature.
    Thomas Aronica, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Any self-service billing platform should give customers access to invoice presentment, online payment options, dispute resolution and tracking — services that not only offer account visibility but also eliminate payment delays.
    James Messer, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021

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