confirmation hearing

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   a hearing held by the US Senate to gather information on whether to approve or reject candidates for high federal office who are nominated by the president

   Broaderhearing

Questions about confirmation hearing

What does confirmation hearing mean?

confirmation hearing means "a hearing held by the US Senate to gather information on whether to approve or reject candidates for high federal office who are nominated by the president".

Is confirmation hearing a common word?

confirmation hearing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.