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 As the midterms near, Democrats are proposing adding more justices, limiting their terms and more. — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2026 Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for five justices on the constitutional question, while Justice Brett Kavanaugh supplied the sixth vote for the judgment on statutory grounds. — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 The spa owners lost at both the federal district court and federal appeals court levels and are now taking their case to the Supreme Court and hoping the justices will take it up. — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2026 In 2024, a majority of three Nevada Supreme Court justices agreed with the NFL that the case should be dismissed to arbitration, especially since Gruden, an adult and advised by representatives, signed the Raiders employment contract. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Aug. 2026 The justices held that obtaining location data constituted a Fourth Amendment search. — Nicole M. Bennett, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026 Attorneys for labor groups, including Service Employees International Union, which represents court reporters, pleaded with the justices not to, saying the courts themselves were to blame for the reporter shortage. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 Damrell and Sapp are among eight appellate justices nominated Friday by Newsom. — Haley Parsley august 9, Sacbee.com, 9 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for justices

Noun

But Mangione’s defense lost arguments to exclude the gun and his writings from being used at the trials after both judges found the search of his backpack that produced that evidence was legal.

— Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Some seats are part-time appointments and judges can continue private practice.

— KATHERINE LIN, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of judges

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