Confirmation hearing

/kɒnfəmˈeɪʃən hˈiəɹɪŋ/

/kɑːnfɚmˈeɪʃən hˈɪɹɪŋ/

a session that each US Senate committee holds in order to determine whether a candidate should be confirmed or rejected for a high federal office

Examples

1. The interior secretary nominee, New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland, had her confirmation hearing.

2. Her confirmation hearing lasted just 35 minutes.

3. They hold confirmation hearings.

4. These confirmations hearings are a joke.