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Recent Examples of jurisprudence
Advertisement Neither the initial First Amendment jurisprudence nor the new communications policy rules were inevitable.
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John Wihbey, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
The truth was half of them didn’t even need a will, regardless of how simple, though no lawyer in the history of American jurisprudence had ever said so to a paying client.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
First Amendment jurisprudence is absolutist and libertarian.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Bulso is respected by Republican colleagues for his extensive knowledge of Constitutional jurisprudence.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
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John Wihbey, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
The truth was half of them didn’t even need a will, regardless of how simple, though no lawyer in the history of American jurisprudence had ever said so to a paying client.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
First Amendment jurisprudence is absolutist and libertarian.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Bulso is respected by Republican colleagues for his extensive knowledge of Constitutional jurisprudence.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jurisprudence
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The board’s unanimous vote came weeks after pension-plan actuaries confirmed the program would be cost-neutral, as state law requires.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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The opposing side has said that Idaho’s law targets and harms trans women and girls and that Hecox, specifically, mitigated any potential advantages through hormone treatments.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
14 Jan. 2026
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The legal consequences of the shooting were exhausting and convoluted—not because the system was dragging its feet but because a thoroughgoing judiciary insisted on doing its work.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Iranian judiciary is not independent.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2026
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In addition to bills aimed at saving Coloradans money, there will be more 50 criminal justice bills aimed at making the state safer.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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News reports simply don’t do justice to the level of chaos and disruption and trauma the federal government is raining down upon our communities.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Jurisprudence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jurisprudence. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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