federal case

noun

: big deal

don't make a federal case out of it

Examples of federal case in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But there remains a federal case involving Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube and a litany of nationwide school districts, along with various state attorneys general suits. — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026

His name has surfaced repeatedly during the federal case against Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a Haitian American whose Miami trial began five weeks ago. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026

This September, Suh started a master’s program at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City, his lawyer wrote to the judge in Suh’s federal case. — Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Mangione’s lawyers say the harms addressed in the state and federal cases are one and the same. — Shayna Jacobs, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

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