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the highest court of law in a country or U.S. state
Supreme Court justices
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Apr. 2025
Her victory preserves the court's 4-3 liberal majority, safeguarding control of one of the most politically consequential state supreme courts in the nation.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Prosecutors say Bolsonaro participated and directed a plot to overturn his reelection loss and even planned to poison his successor and current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and kill the vice president and a supreme court justice.
—Carrie Kahn, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
As the amendment made its way through the Legislature, Republican lawmakers repeatedly asserted the U.S. Supreme Court had reversed rulings of the Kansas Supreme Court at a higher rate than any other state supreme court.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Apr. 2025
Her victory preserves the court's 4-3 liberal majority, safeguarding control of one of the most politically consequential state supreme courts in the nation.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Prosecutors say Bolsonaro participated and directed a plot to overturn his reelection loss and even planned to poison his successor and current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and kill the vice president and a supreme court justice.
—Carrie Kahn, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
As the amendment made its way through the Legislature, Republican lawmakers repeatedly asserted the U.S. Supreme Court had reversed rulings of the Kansas Supreme Court at a higher rate than any other state supreme court.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supreme court
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The high court filing follows a brief order from a federal appeals court that kept in place a court order blocking the policy nationwide.—
Mark Sherman,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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In an amicus brief filed on Friday, senior Democrat state legal officials—including attorney generals from Washington, Minnesota, Colorado, and Illinois—compared the firing to Trump removing Article III judges, a group that includes the high court justices.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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The code is admissible evidence in court and labor tribunals, thus providing workers with real authority during disputes with their employers.—
Dee Coakley,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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During his papacy, Francis sought to clean up Vatican finances and changed the law to ensure that Becciu, as a cardinal, could be judged by a Vatican tribunal of judges.—
Lauren Said-Moorhouse,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2025
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The popular neighborhood Toronto bar, inside a brick Victorian building blocks from the University of Toronto’s campus, is replete with billiards tables and a full rack of liquor.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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The beach offers bars, restaurants, sunbed and umbrella rentals, water sports facilities and bathrooms.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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“Supreme court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supreme%20court. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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