high court

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Recent Examples of high court Before serving prison time, Bannon asked the Supreme Court to intervene, but the high court ignored his appeal back then. Nina Totenberg, NPR, 6 Apr. 2026 The high court order allows a lower court to consider dismissing his indictment. Mark Sherman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026 Harvard has said the university has been responding to the government's requests and is in compliance with the high court ruling against affirmative action. CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026 And Bayer would be protected from potentially larger costs if the high court rules against it. ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for high court
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Noun
  • Every statewide officeholder and most state judges, including those on the state supreme court, are Democrats.
    Will Swaim, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The professional embarrassments even take place at the level of state supreme courts.
    Martin Kaste, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • While arguing to block the new rules during its appeal, the state attorney general's office has said the media plaintiffs don't have a right under the First Amendment to watch executions, let alone to see the additional segments ordered viewable by the trial court judge.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The appeals court ordered the trial court judge to resentence Peters.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Parliament also reappointed the chairman of the constitutional tribunal, attorney general, and judges of the Supreme Court.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Khalid Hamideh, a local attorney who has worked with the tribunal, said the group arbitrates in civil family matters as well as in contractual disputes.
    Isabella Volmert, Dallas Morning News, 6 Apr. 2026

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“High court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20court. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.

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