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As soon as his motion was approved, Ruben began amending the budget to include an adjustment in the circuit clerk's salary and the health department's transfer for Illinois Municipal Retirement Funds (IMRF) benefits.

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  1. noun The act or process of changing position or place.
  2. noun A meaningful or expressive change in the position of the body or a part of the body; a gesture.
  3. noun Active operation: set the plan in motion.
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  • Water in motion, and the motion was as fantastic as the sound that was with it, preceded it and followed it Monk battled the throttles, tried to keep the plane going on an even keel. —  120 - Waves Of Death
  • However, Herrick said the motion is a shortfall in the exam process. —  Badger Herald: News Updates
  • Conn, who called the motion a symbolic gesture, said he believed the reason for the motion is to express Piccarreta's frustration to question Texas officers further about the hoax phone call in an attempt to suppress all evidence found at the Texas compound.
  • Be it Resolved, that the general membership recommends that the two CUPE senators submit the following motion in writing in time for consideration by the Senate executive meeting on February 10th, and if such a motion is accepted, that they move and second this motion at the Senate meeting on February 26: —  To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth
  • If the motion is approved, the assets of G.I. Joe's will be sold to a company that specializes in liquidating bankrupt retailers. —  National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals
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movement ·  sound ·  gesture ·  energy ·  form ·  speed ·  expression ·  pressure ·  pattern ·  direction ·  sensation ·  move

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motion:   motions ·  motioned ·  motioning
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  1. Middle English mocioun, from Old French motion, from Latin mōtiō, mōtiōn-, from mōtus, past participle of movēre, to move; see meuə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English motion, mocion, from Old French motion, French motion = Spanish mocion = Portuguese moção = Italian mozione, from Latin mōtio (n-), a moving, an emotion, from movere, past participle motus, move: see move.
  2. Middle English mocionen; from motion, n.
 

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