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Recent Examples of corpus
Since October, he was transferred to and from the Everglades detention center twice before his release in early May, following a Fort Myers federal judge’s grant of his habeas corpus petition and an order for his release.
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Miami Herald,
1 June 2026
In 2022, the New York State Court of Appeals ruled 5–2 that elephants have no constitutional rights and that Happy should not be released pursuant to habeas corpus, per the NYT.
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Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
28 May 2026
Habeas corpus was nationalized as part of the qualitative and quantitative increase in federal power brought on by the Civil War.
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Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
25 May 2026
Renaissance humanists certainly emphasized a corpus of Greek and Roman classics for the self-fashioned man, the predictable coterie that includes Plato and Aristotle, Cicero and Virgil.
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Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Miami Herald,
1 June 2026
In 2022, the New York State Court of Appeals ruled 5–2 that elephants have no constitutional rights and that Happy should not be released pursuant to habeas corpus, per the NYT.
—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
28 May 2026
Habeas corpus was nationalized as part of the qualitative and quantitative increase in federal power brought on by the Civil War.
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Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
25 May 2026
Renaissance humanists certainly emphasized a corpus of Greek and Roman classics for the self-fashioned man, the predictable coterie that includes Plato and Aristotle, Cicero and Virgil.
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Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpus
Noun
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Yet economists broadly agree that leaving the EU has weighed on the UK’s economic growth potential – with estimates ranging from 2% to as much as 8% of foregone output.
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El Niño has also been globally supportive for soybean output, particularly for major producers in the US and the south of Brazil, UBS analysts said.
Noun
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The family project is interrupted by the appearance of a corpse – that of an annoying neighbor (played by John Carroll Lynch) with a habit of buzzing his woodchipper in the middle of the family’s filmmaking efforts.
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One concern of mine was corpses.
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“Corpus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpus. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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