How to Use moot in a Sentence

moot

1 of 3 adjective
  • The court ruled that the issue is now moot because the people involved in the dispute have died.
  • I think they were wrong, but the point is moot. Their decision has been made and it can't be changed now.
  • But frankly, that’s a moot point.
    — Stephanie Bai, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
  • All of this may be moot, of course.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • For three rounds, this was a moot point.
    — Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 10 June 2026
  • What's more, the concern may even be moot.
    — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
  • The view is not wrong, but the question is moot.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This could be a moot point if both players are off the board.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • To me, though, this week was a moot point on the defense — more needs to be seen.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Within the next few years, those health questions should be moot.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
  • All of this turned out to be moot, of course, because Self stayed put.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
  • But that Dowdle run to begin the drive wasn’t moot.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The council can’t give you your job back, so the hearings are kind of a moot point.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026
  • But today, planes are much quieter, and so this issue is now moot (or mute).
    — Stephen Moore, Washington Examiner, 8 June 2023
  • The point is moot in this case if Beijing keeps a ban on Nvidia’s chips in place.
    — Don Graves, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The court cases about it, which have been kicking around for a long time now, will likely be moot.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Whether the case is moot was part of the Supreme Court’s discussion.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 13 Jan. 2026
  • With the packaging set to change next year, probing for minifigures may be moot.
    — Telis Demos, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Downton agreed with Kilaru that the appeal isn’t moot.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The appeal was largely moot anyway.
    — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Well, the Cooper visit was pretty much moot.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The issue is now moot and since no damage was done, no damages should be assessed, the brief said.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The new law made the fight moot by affirming that state policy is paramount.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • This is crucial, as a diffuser that’s not fitted to your hair dryer is moot.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, this is all moot if USC drops a game within this gantlet.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Games are likely to be cloud-based soon, rendering the idea of console platforms moot.
    — Jonathan Anastas, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2023
  • If the court rules against the Biden administration, then the point is moot.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2023
  • When Rising’s hand hit that hydration table, though, all of it was moot.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The phrase gun control is polarizing and in certain ways moot.
    — Mac Schwerin, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2022
  • If the justices were to say no, the case against Google argued Tuesday could be moot.
    — Adam Liptak, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Feb. 2023

moot

2 of 3 verb
  • The movie is mooted to come out in late autumn 2026.
    — Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 12 Nov. 2025
  • The argument could be moot by the time Saturday night rolls around, though.
    — Brian Stultz, ajc, 27 Nov. 2017
  • Bashant signed an order Friday, finding those challenges moot now that the duo has been pardoned.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Even in Kenya, where there is more freedom of speech, restrictions were mooted ahead of last year’s election.
    — The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
  • This is not the first time that the idea of a President pardoning himself has been mooted.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 4 June 2018
  • If cap and trade isn’t providing a hard cap, a guarantee, its advantages over a tax are mooted.
    — David Roberts, Vox, 12 Dec. 2018
  • The kingdom has mooted turning part of the border into a nuclear waste dump.
    — The Economist, 21 June 2018
  • Big money moves for Fernandes and Tonali have been mooted and would need to be funded.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • Cooler Master has mooted parts with pale and dark wood finishes, and plenty else.
    — Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Just as fears of peak oil were eventually mooted by technology, fears of peak mineral very well could be too.
    — Alexander C. Kaufman, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Ukraine’s prime minister has now mooted the idea of a compromise with Mr Kolomoisky.
    — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
  • The shows are often cast with cultural diversity in mind, so issues of race are largely mooted.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 14 May 2018
  • When a Gimenez-Dovbyk swap was mooted last summer, you would have been forgiven for thinking the goal was maybe not to score goals.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • Chelsea were mooting £20m as an asking price, and he's proven to be a success already in black and white under Benitez.
    — SI.com, 11 July 2018
  • The extent of the impact is unclear but Russia has mooted banning gasoline exports.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
  • What’s more, the possibility of this tie-up has been so long mooted that some bid premium should have been baked into the target’s share price for a while.
    — Chris Hughes | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2019
  • Will the debate be mooted by the FCC's net neutrality repeal?
    — Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2017
  • Phoebe Philo, the former Celine designer, is among those that have been mooted as a successor.
    — Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2019
  • The most grinding suspicions encountered by many survivors—about whether they were ever really struck at all—may in any case be mooted in the coming years.
    — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
  • This one had already been mooted as the Second Missouri Compromise.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 28 June 2026
  • There are also plans to shake up the routing in the future, with ideas such as a non-stop leg around Antarctica or even a non-stop lap of the planet being mooted.
    — Rob Hodgetts, CNN, 18 May 2017
  • One of the proposals being mooted is that there be someone occupying the strategist’s role at all times, even when the usual crew count of six is reduced in lighter winds.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 19 June 2026
  • The premier was unable to carry out wholesale cabinet changes that had been mooted before the election, with most ministers staying in the same jobs.
    — Tim Ross, Bloomberg.com, 12 June 2017
  • Although no design has been settled upon yet, a round-ish mirror with a minimum aperture of 26 feet (eight meters) has been mooted.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The sale of Baume & Mercier, which was founded in 1830, and which Richemont has owned for decades, had been mooted for a while.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • While such a move would be unlikely (keep your eyes on Italian clubs) the fact that it's being mooted at all shows how highly he is regarded around the continent.
    — SI.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The game, expected to be played in Bloomington, has been mooted publicly for several days, and is now officially set.
    — Zach Osterman, The Courier-Journal, 4 Aug. 2017
  • The administration’s motion said the lawsuit was mooted by the debt ceiling bill that Biden signed into law on June 3.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The idea mooted in the India Office paper was of at least two Pakistans with no federal union, however loose.
    — Raghvendra Singh, Quartz India, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Having baulked at the initial price mooted, Madrid club president Florentino Perez is now keen on a compromise.
    — SI.com, 31 Oct. 2017

moot

3 of 3 noun
  • But the city could soon render all that moot and clear the way.
    — Sofi Zeman march 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Last year, Hecox asked the court to dismiss her case as moot.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 13 Jan. 2026
  • That made runs by the Padres in the bottom of the ninth moot.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2024
  • If the ban is dropped, the case would likely be dismissed as moot.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Which renders success a moot point.
    — Holly Corbett, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Bedoya's claims were dismissed as moot in July.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
  • But since then, Hecox, now 25, has sought to have the case dismissed as moot.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Matchups may render the balance concerns moot.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • If the shutdown ends by then, the Supreme Court case may be dismissed as moot.
    — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Zarco said this renders the two lawsuits against the notary, also his client, moot.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Bailey denied those motions as moot.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The court has not ruled yet in this case and could easily make the conversation about clemency moot.
    — Doug Friednash, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The Supreme Court granted the joint petition to dismiss the case as moot.
    — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
  • And Larry ultimately made the point moot.
    — Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
  • But the court declined to do so by running out the clock until that injunction expired, making the case moot.
    — Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 8 July 2025
  • Edwards rendered Portland’s stout defense moot.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Of course, Miami could win the MAC tournament and make this all moot.
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Approval of the zoning permit could render the Court of Appeals ruling moot in a matter of days.
    — Matthew Kelly february 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Judge Dale Ho denied Manz's request for what's called a default judgment as moot, and terminated the case.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Postponed, not canceled After nearly two years in court, the government told the judge the project had been canceled, making the case moot and ripe for dismissal.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2026
  • This week, the DOE responded in court by claiming the panel that produced the report had been dissolved, making the suit moot.
    — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Oil is notoriously volatile, and high prices inevitably come down to earth after too long, making any Fed policy action on energy prices more or less moot.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Then again if Willis wows everybody with a great season, chances are Miami wins enough to make any thought of Manning or even Moore a moot point, anyway.
    — Greg Cote april 30, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
  • If signed by Little, the law would also take effect July 1 and likely make Pizzuto’s case moot, ending his appeal.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The Executive's lawsuit will be dismissed, and its motion for preliminary injunction denied as moot.
    — Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Still, the Court found Plaintiff's request to stop the County's Home Rule election moot and granted no injunction in this matter.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 8 June 2026
  • In the meantime, the couple had just purchased a Volvo XC90 with a third seat, rendering the need for another large vehicle somewhat moot.
    — EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Elad’s attorneys have written that if Rutgers loses on Saturday, Elad’s college football career will end and Elad will dismiss the lawsuit as moot.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Floyd also reasoned that the case shouldn’t be regarded as moot, even though the players have exhausted their NCAA eligibility.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • This semester began, by the way, in January of 2020, and so by the time the strike looked to be wrapping up, we’d all been deported and the semester rendered moot by a certain pandemic.
    — Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2024

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