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Recent Examples of subpoena
Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 June 2025
This criticism comes as Republicans subpoenaed O’Connor and President Donald Trump ordered White House attorneys to determine if Biden’s inner circle tried to conceal his alleged cognitive decline.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 9 June 2025
Matt Paprocki, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
The subpoena seeks information about donors, advertisements, and medical personnel to investigate whether the center misled people about its services.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
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Noun
Baldoni’s lawyers previously subpoenaed Swift and her lawyers.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 June 2025
This criticism comes as Republicans subpoenaed O’Connor and President Donald Trump ordered White House attorneys to determine if Biden’s inner circle tried to conceal his alleged cognitive decline.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 9 June 2025
Verb
Providing the legislative inspector general with full investigative powers, including subpoena authority and the ability to publish findings without permission from the lawmakers on the Legislative Ethics Commission.
—Matt Paprocki, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
The subpoena seeks information about donors, advertisements, and medical personnel to investigate whether the center misled people about its services.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subpoena
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A question of intent About 10 months later, troopers returned to Whittier and issued court summonses to Pese, eight other relatives and one man who was not related but came from the same American Samoa village as Pese.—
Mark Thiessen,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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Last month, his NYPD started handing out criminal instead of civil summonses to bike riders for running red lights or otherwise riding recklessly, a drastic shift that has outraged transit advocates and City Council members who note car drivers do not face such penalties for similar infractions.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2025
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Despite growing calls for Beijing to rein in its supply overcapacity, manufacturing accounted for around 26% of China's GDP in the first quarter, Caixin said, citing official figures.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
1 July 2025
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The website of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which hosts numerous climate change reports and resources, including the comprehensive and often cited National Climate Assessments, is no longer operational, according to a NASA spokesperson.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
1 July 2025
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Historically, most performers have developed their art by being taken under the wings of friends as part of drag families or drag houses, or by practicing at home and summoning the courage to sign up for open sets at bars.—
David Mack,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2025
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The Angels summoned Moore, a second baseman, on June 13 in Baltimore.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2025
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The Justice Department also urged the Court to take up the matter and requested the appointment of an outside party to defend the lower court's ruling, given that the department no longer supports it.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Not far away, Colt, who requested USA TODAY only use his first name for privacy reasons, was living a similar life.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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The duo was called up to the main roster in 2016 and won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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What follows is a story about a self-satisfied dentist trying to divorce his wife, who hires Carlyle Bedlow—the Dolokhov Willy always called up for a dirty job—to seduce her and somehow photograph her in the act, in order to produce airtight grounds for divorce.—
Benjamin Hale
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, whose district includes coastal communities impacted by the Palisades fire, convened a blue ribbon commission to provide recommendations on how to rebuild with challenges posed by climate change in mind.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Three-hundred reporters from across the country convened at the Somerville County Courthouse for the start of the trial on Nov. 3, 1926.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
27 June 2025
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Fever Head Coach Opens Up Following Indiana's Big Roster Decision That was called out by one WNBA legend recently.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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Some are calling out the former first lady's complaints about living in the White House.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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This jazzy riff on humanity and the hereafter brings a cartoon New York City to vibrant, diverse life with Pixar's first Black lead character, a band teacher (played by Jamie Foxx) who meets a jaded soul (Tina Fey), and asks big questions about the meaning of life.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
21 June 2025
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Single-screen theatres were also asked to screen the film exclusively through the day.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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“Subpoena.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subpoena. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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