as in bar
the courts of law and judges in a country, state, etc.; the branch of government that includes courts of law and judges
the federal judiciary
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Recent Examples of judiciary
Carter, who has served seven years in the Michigan Legislature, is on committees focused on regulatory reform, finance and the judiciary.
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Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
The affair has become a part of a larger attack on Israel’s judiciary from Netanyahu’s coalition.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Despite copious replays suggesting Sturdivant had it, football requires the same standard to overturn a call that the judiciary requires to convict someone of a felony, and the Dawgs closed out yet another comeback.
—Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Federal courts held out longer than most of the federal government, announcing the judiciary’s coffers would be emptied by the start of last week.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2025
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Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
The affair has become a part of a larger attack on Israel’s judiciary from Netanyahu’s coalition.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Despite copious replays suggesting Sturdivant had it, football requires the same standard to overturn a call that the judiciary requires to convict someone of a felony, and the Dawgs closed out yet another comeback.
—Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Federal courts held out longer than most of the federal government, announcing the judiciary’s coffers would be emptied by the start of last week.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for judiciary
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The incident’s location—a crowded outdoor bar patio—underscores ongoing debates over public safety, law enforcement pursuit policies, and the balance between deterring dangerous driving while protecting bystanders.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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The result comes after Kardashian previously failed the California bar exam three times.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Nov. 2025
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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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In 2016, an international tribunal at the Hague found that the US, United Kingdom, and Australia were all complicit in the mass killings of 1965, which were deemed crimes against humanity.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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The film is being released the same month 80 years after the tribunal opened on November 21, 1945.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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One of those logs, sliced in half, was turned into a bench, now in the house’s central foyer.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Heat’s bench continues to be a bright spot for the Heat early this season.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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The ruling partially reversed a previous appeals court decision, finding that the original trial court correctly adjudicated the charge of accommodation discrimination.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
23 Oct. 2025
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Dismissal hearings were ongoing as of Wednesday in BMC and district courts in both Suffolk and Middlesex counties, according to the trial court office.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Judiciary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/judiciary. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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