as in agenda
a listing of things to be presented or considered (as at a concert or play)
on the Broadway docket for the early part of this season
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Recent Examples of docket
The hostility was not shared by all lower court judges — not even by the federal judge whom Gorsuch called out for allegedly defying the high court’s previous emergency docket order.
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Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
No legal representatives of his are listed in the docket.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 30 Dec. 2025
Crowded court dockets could get worse The lack of funding has amplified concerns that the rights of defendants may be chipped away under an increasingly conservative Supreme Court, and sends a message that poor people do not have the same rights in court as the wealthy, Wayne said.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 29 Dec. 2025
At the end of October, the court docket showed the parties had settled the case.
—Sarah Jane Tribble, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
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Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
No legal representatives of his are listed in the docket.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 30 Dec. 2025
Crowded court dockets could get worse The lack of funding has amplified concerns that the rights of defendants may be chipped away under an increasingly conservative Supreme Court, and sends a message that poor people do not have the same rights in court as the wealthy, Wayne said.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 29 Dec. 2025
At the end of October, the court docket showed the parties had settled the case.
—Sarah Jane Tribble, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for docket
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Environmental justice and conservation advocates’ push to advance a bill aimed at strengthening California’s Environmental Quality Act stalled, as the measure was pulled from Monday’s hearing agenda.—
Chaewon Chung
Updated January 12,
Sacbee.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Per the Haslet city code, council members are entitled to a minimum of one item listed on each council meeting agenda, which the mayor is in charge of putting together.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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More information on movie screenings and schedules is available on the Aurora Fox Arts Center's website.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Here is the match schedule for games in KC, as well as information about tickets, the FIFA fan fest, team base camps and area transportation.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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Here's a primer on the 2026 legislative calendar.—
Stephen Gruber-Miller,
Des Moines Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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If your calendar is often booked with business trips and work travel, snag this tote.—
Michelle Baricevic,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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Through a life-saving program at the American Red Cross, volunteers go door to door across Los Angeles, helping people protect their homes and families before a fire ever starts.—
Jasmine Viel,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The award was administered through a creative writing program at Old Dominion and the Poetry Society of Virginia.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Docket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docket. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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