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Recent Examples of criminal court
The civil and criminal court of clerk have separate physical offices and different case management systems.
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Sara Cline, Arkansas Online, 3 May 2026
The civil and criminal court clerks have separate physical offices and different case management systems.
—Sara Cline, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
The prosecutor and other families whose relatives were killed in car crashes had warned her that a forgiving sentence is the standard criminal court outcome for fatal collisions in California.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of former President Islam Karimov, is behind bars in Uzbekistan as the trial opens in a Swiss federal criminal court in the southern city of Bellinzona.
—Jamey Keaten, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
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Sara Cline, Arkansas Online, 3 May 2026
The civil and criminal court clerks have separate physical offices and different case management systems.
—Sara Cline, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
The prosecutor and other families whose relatives were killed in car crashes had warned her that a forgiving sentence is the standard criminal court outcome for fatal collisions in California.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of former President Islam Karimov, is behind bars in Uzbekistan as the trial opens in a Swiss federal criminal court in the southern city of Bellinzona.
—Jamey Keaten, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminal court
Noun
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The president has launched verbal attacks on the judiciary after rulings impeding his agenda.—
Andrew Chung,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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Mohammadi was taken by ambulance from the Zanjan hospital on Wednesday to the judiciary’s medical examiners, accompanied by family members.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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The state had filed a motion to join the two cases for a single trial, which the trial court granted on the grounds the evidence in each case would be cross admissible, the high court ruling says.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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The three petitions from Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall asked the high court on its emergency docket to allow its 2023 congressional map to take effect and to lift an injunction by a lower court that found the map violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
9 May 2026
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No one should be surprised that the supreme court now insists Louisiana – and any state – has no compelling interest to account for race when drawing maps.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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The state supreme court's decision, however, did not hinge on SB21.—
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
1 May 2026
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The accusations paralleled those against Crasso in the Vatican tribunal.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The wounds and humiliations of private life can rarely be redressed by law; literature offers a parallel tribunal in which those hurts are litigated and, if possible, imaginatively overcome.—
Charlie Tyson,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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In South Korea, these were the press, judicature, and religious organizations.—
Lutz Finger,
Forbes,
6 May 2021
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The case now awaits oral argument before the appellate court.—
Anna Tingley,
Variety,
12 May 2026
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In real life, Bezos was the lead funder of the ball, skirting the red carpet and holding court at the party in comfort and style.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
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As the players headed to their benches and the officials took their customary walks to the scorer’s table for the time out, Atkinson scrunched his face, stuck out his hands, and mockingly clapped toward Blair — who ignored the obvious taunt.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Fifteen years in the making, Diamond arrives in Cannes with a deep bench of recognizable names and a classic genre appeal that should boost its sales chances.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
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“Criminal court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20court. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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