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Recent Examples of adjudication
As of the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2025, the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review reported 3,797,662 immigration cases pending adjudication, of which 2,372,282 had filed applications for asylum.
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Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2025
The fact that Nixon dodged impeachment and was exonerated of all legal wrongdoing by his successor Gerald Ford’s pardon left the adjudication of war-powers authority a grievously unfinished piece of civic business.
—Chris Lehmann, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Soto also pleaded no contest to a second charge, but his adjudication was withheld.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
Chelmsford and Boston are now the only courts located in New England, two of about 70 immigration courts and adjudication centers nationwide.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
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Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2025
The fact that Nixon dodged impeachment and was exonerated of all legal wrongdoing by his successor Gerald Ford’s pardon left the adjudication of war-powers authority a grievously unfinished piece of civic business.
—Chris Lehmann, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Soto also pleaded no contest to a second charge, but his adjudication was withheld.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
Chelmsford and Boston are now the only courts located in New England, two of about 70 immigration courts and adjudication centers nationwide.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjudication
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Lesser sentence in similar case In the same courtroom Thursday, Casey Ruppe was sentenced to 60 days in jail in a case similar to Bellorin’s.—
Julia Coin
January 9,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2026
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However, prosecutors argued for a longer sentence for the rapper in a letter to the judge obtained by The New York Times.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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He was granted release from detention during the short window when federal judges issued rulings that blocked ICE from deporting Venezuelans with TPS such as himself.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2026
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Multiple studies, bipartisan election officials, and court rulings across the country have found fraud rates measured not in percentages, but in fractions of a fraction of a percent.—
Coalition,
Hartford Courant,
11 Jan. 2026
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For her part, BunnaB, beloved for her infectious, near-constant laughs, has separated herself from this ascendant pack by infusing her bubbly disposition, girl’s girl attitude, unfettered authenticity — and the unmistakable gravity of earning a second shot.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025
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Controversy follows Cheney While Cheney's disposition was never particularly sunny, critics assailed the vice president as a relentlessly grim figure.—
Don Gonyea,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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Still, David Super, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, said the Supreme Court could agree with Pepper-Jackson's attorneys that more fact-finding is needed.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
10 Jan. 2026
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To reduce potential bias, the study was funded by Eurac Research and MountainLab (Mountain Medicine Research Group, University of Bergen), and Eurac’s Institute for Mountain Emergency Medicine agreed to publish the findings regardless of outcome.—
Scott Yorko,
Outside,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Adjudication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjudication. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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