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 Damrell and Sapp are among eight appellate justices nominated Friday by Newsom. — Haley Parsley august 9, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Let’s finish up by circling back to the beginning, when six injudicious justices ignored an eternal political truth. — Gerald Scorse, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026 The justices in a 5-4 decision in June said Cook, who was nominated to the Fed’s Board of Governors by President Joe Biden, could remain in her post at least as long as her lawsuit challenging her firing goes on. — Eric Tucker, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 The administration tried to get rid of birthright citizenship in a case that went before the Supreme Court, but the nation’s top justices ruled 6-3 against the White House. — Michael Loria, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 Then, on July 14, two Supreme Court justices, Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, testified at the Capitol regarding the court’s request for $228 million to enhance security for Supreme Court Justices. — Jeffrey Freedman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026 But the amendment to overhaul the way the state’s Supreme Court justices are selected proved even more unpopular across Kansas. — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026 That expectation accurately reflects concerns that various justices have expressed about these laws, and their decision to finally take up the issue suggests those doubts run deep. — Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2026 Kansas elected justices for nearly 100 years before voters amended the state constitution in 1958. — ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for justices

Noun

The judges eventually discuss the clothes — but there, too, things get dramatic, with a lot of disagreement between Law and the other judges.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
Judge Nicholas Lienesch determined there is probable cause to believe Lindell violated Minnesota campaign law, and the case will move forward to a panel of three administrative law judges and an evidentiary hearing.

— Aki Nace, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of judges

Noun

Trump filed the emergency appeal after lower courts blocked the administration from creating a federal list of eligible voters and limiting delivery of mail ballots only to people on that list in nearly half the states for the midterm elections.

— Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Shortly after the ruling, New York City filed a motion for permission to appeal, which will stay the order in the lower courts.

— Katherine Koretski, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of courts

Noun

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
Conflict of laws issues then will go on to occasionally fry the minds of even the most brilliant litigators and jurists.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026