Thesaurus results for JURIST

jurist

noun

ˈju̇r-ist

as in judge

a public official having authority to decide questions of law earned a reputation as one of the most learned jurists in the federal courts

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Recent Examples of jurist This is a relatively new legal standard developed by conservative jurists that invalidates presidential actions that assert sweeping new authority on important policy matters based only on vague delegations from Congress. —

Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026 Tracy stars as Haywood, the chief judge who seeks to understand how the war crimes of the Holocaust crimes could have happened, especially defendant Ernst Janning (Burt Lancaster), a legal scholar and jurist. —

Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026 Chief Judge Charles Beach, who replaced the county’s longtime top jurist Tim Evans in December, announced on Wednesday changes around how violations of the program’s rules are handled. —

Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026 Sandra Day O'Connor Sandra Day O'Connor was an attorney, politician and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. —

Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for jurist

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The judge expressed disbelief in a 66-page opinion.

— Steve Karnowski, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2026
Cash told the judge that the loitering charge is discriminatory against homeless people and should be dropped.

— Amy DeLaura, The Washington Examiner, 28 Feb. 2026