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Born in the Morang district of eastern Nepal, Karki built a legal career culminating in her historic appointment as Nepal’s first female chief justice, in 2016.
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Sugam Pokharel, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Bivens returns as Supreme Court chief justice Justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court unanimously elected Justice Jeff Bivins to serve as chief justice of the court this week.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
Like the chief justice of the Supreme Court, the Fed chair represents just one vote but is also a first among equals who carried outsized influence.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
Grace, a career prosecutor with clerkships under New Jersey’s chief justice and a Third Circuit judge, had already risen to lead the office’s criminal division.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2025
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Sugam Pokharel, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Bivens returns as Supreme Court chief justice Justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court unanimously elected Justice Jeff Bivins to serve as chief justice of the court this week.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
Like the chief justice of the Supreme Court, the Fed chair represents just one vote but is also a first among equals who carried outsized influence.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
Grace, a career prosecutor with clerkships under New Jersey’s chief justice and a Third Circuit judge, had already risen to lead the office’s criminal division.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chief justice
Noun
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The seven Benton County circuit judges recused from the case, and it has been assigned to Jim Spears, a retired circuit judge.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Oct. 2025
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The victor in that race, former circuit judge Susan Crawford, was sworn in this August.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Under Article 7, Section 53 of the Arkansas Constitution, a person elected or appointed to one of 10 county offices, including justice of the peace, shall not during the term to which he or she has been elected, be appointed or elected to any civil office in this state.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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And King tied Angela Medlin, the woman who had confronted Marty Baker during the cattle-rustling arrests, in the race for justice of the peace.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Chief justice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chief%20justice. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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