Thesaurus results for JUSTICES

justices

noun

plural of justice

as in judges

a public official having authority to decide questions of law a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

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Recent Examples of justices The justices ruled favorably for Republicans in redistricting battles in Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, Virginia and New York. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026 The justices did not decide whether the eventual policy would be lawful. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026 Brazil's Senate, which is the body that has the authority to impeach Supreme Court justices in Brazil, has dozens of requests for impeachment proceedings against de Moraes, and only a few against Mendonca for now. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026 But so far, the justices have not ruled on the legality of the order or the USPS plan. — Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026 The state's highest court declined to accept jurisdiction June 23 before Shirilla's legal team asked the justices to reconsider that decision. — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026 The House will vote on legislation that mandates the Supreme Court be composed of nine justices. — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Instead, the six conservative justices said in an unsigned opinion that the states had filed their lawsuit too early — before the order had been implemented, or any formal rules pertaining to it had been developed. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026 She’s called for expanding the Supreme Court from nine justices to 13. — NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for justices

Noun

Usually, that would mean that Naheim, Joseph, and Bryan would all be going home — but the judges decide, in another twist, to bring a fourth designer to the finale.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
There is no way of knowing whether other district court judges will rule, as Valenzuela did, on the question of funding connected to Title IX.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of judges

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At the time of his death, Villegas González had been seeking full custody of his children in the Idaho courts because their mother had moved to the state about four years ago, the family said.

— Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Look beyond the police, and the whole criminal justice system – prisons, the courts and probation service – is poorly run, and often in crisis.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of courts

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Alongside Gyllenhaal and Ben Hania, the jurists include English composer Daniel Blumberg, Italian professor Francesco Casetti, French writer-director Xavier Giannoli, Afghan writer-director Shahrbanoo Sadat, and Hong Kong director Johnnie To.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2026
And rather than have the designers come to the jury (of which this editor was a member), the jurists spent several hours with each designer in their own space.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026