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Recent Examples of subpoenas
Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
The letter, a response to subpoenas from the House Judiciary Committee, explains in no uncertain terms that the company is taking a more relaxed approach to moderating political content on YouTube.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
The Oversight Committee rules give the chairman the authority to issue subpoenas for investigations within the jurisdiction of the committee.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
The vote, if successful, would have resulted in the issuing of subpoenas to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan, Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing and Bank of New York Mellon CEO Robin Vince.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
In May, Baldoni's attorneys served subpoenas on both the pop star and her law firm, Venable LLP, before withdrawing them less than two weeks later.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Congressional Republicans have joined Democrats in pushing forward subpoenas for the files, some of which have already been delivered to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025
So far, the committee has issued 10 subpoenas and released a slew of documents from Epstein’s estate and over 30,000 pages from the Department of Justice.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
Most importantly, LogMeOnce adheres to applicable laws and regulations, subpoenas by the United States courts, Department of Justice, and law enforcement agencies.
—Kim Key, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
On Thursday, the Herald/Times submitted a records request to the State Attorney’s Office for any subpoenas that were served related to Hope Florida.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
The letter, a response to subpoenas from the House Judiciary Committee, explains in no uncertain terms that the company is taking a more relaxed approach to moderating political content on YouTube.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
The Oversight Committee rules give the chairman the authority to issue subpoenas for investigations within the jurisdiction of the committee.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
The vote, if successful, would have resulted in the issuing of subpoenas to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan, Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing and Bank of New York Mellon CEO Robin Vince.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
In May, Baldoni's attorneys served subpoenas on both the pop star and her law firm, Venable LLP, before withdrawing them less than two weeks later.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Congressional Republicans have joined Democrats in pushing forward subpoenas for the files, some of which have already been delivered to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025
So far, the committee has issued 10 subpoenas and released a slew of documents from Epstein’s estate and over 30,000 pages from the Department of Justice.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
Most importantly, LogMeOnce adheres to applicable laws and regulations, subpoenas by the United States courts, Department of Justice, and law enforcement agencies.
—Kim Key, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subpoenas
Noun
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Court summonses are always delivered by mail, not over the phone.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Sometimes the end almost reframes and summons everything that was going on at the beginning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Thrown into crisis, King Gwanghae summons Heo Gyun based on clues left behind and questions him about Hong Gildong’s identity.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Zimmerman cites a survey finding that, in one semester, half of the respondents from a wide range of institutions hadn’t taken a single course that required writing more than twenty pages, total.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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As Mason cites in her book, a psychological study from the 1970s found that people were more likely to comply with a request if they were given a reason behind it.—
Sophie Caldwell,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Continue reading … BACKUP CALL – Louisiana governor requests 1,000 National Guard troops to fight violent crime wave across state.—
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FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Kinso detects when someone requests or needs something and automatically proposes connectors within the user’s network, even drafting introductions.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Subpoenas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subpoenas. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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