1
as in calls
to demand or request the presence or service of
without explanation, the managing editor summoned me to his office
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as in musters
to bring together in assembly by or as if by command
summoned a special session of parliament
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Recent Examples of summons
Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
The Denver Fire Department, which oversees conveyances in the city, warns that noncompliance will result in officials shutting down elevators and issuing summonses to appear in court.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 July 2025
Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 24 June 2025
In November 2023, Ivanka Trump was summonsed to the New York State Supreme Court to testify against her father, Donald Trump, in a civil real estate fraud trial.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Garcia was issued a criminal complaint summons along with several related motor vehicle summonses.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
The Denver Fire Department, which oversees conveyances in the city, warns that noncompliance will result in officials shutting down elevators and issuing summonses to appear in court.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 July 2025
Verb
Both men will be summonsed to court to face a charge of selling fireworks.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 24 June 2025
In November 2023, Ivanka Trump was summonsed to the New York State Supreme Court to testify against her father, Donald Trump, in a civil real estate fraud trial.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for summons
Noun
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Brown was served with an arrest warrant for murder after being discharged from the hospital following treatment for non-life-threatening injuries sustained at the time of the incident.—
Jenna Sundel
Andrew Stanton
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Typically, a warrant is directed at a person or a group suspected of having committed a specific crime.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But the city has also faced a recent string of controversies under her leadership and calls for greater transparency.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Coel, the boundary-pushing revelation from I May Destroy You, is a perfect foil, hiding Lori’s feelings behind her deadpan delivery, unblinking sphinx-like stare and wary body language but poised to shoot barbs when the moment calls for them.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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An extension of the Black Hole, Raider Nation gathers at this spot and turns it into a football frenzy on Sundays, or whenever the Raiders suit up.—
Marcus Smith,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The information TransUnion gathers is compiled into individual credit reports, which lenders, landlords and other parties use to assess a person’s creditworthiness and associated risk.—
Brian Sloan,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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For comparison, the current Porsche 911 GT3 RS, with its Boeing-spec rear wing, musters a maximum of 1,896 pounds of downforce.—
Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The committee’s subpoena to Epstein’s estate had demanded a wide range of records, including the birthday book, Epstein’s will, his 2008 nonprosecution agreement with federal prosecutors in Florida, and financial documents.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The note and birthday book were included in a tranche of files Epstein’s estate turned over to the House Oversight Committee on Monday in response to a subpoena.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Even as liberal-seeming Amir invites Yusuf to join the Muslim Association, an informal organization of male Arab landowners, Yusuf’s father is killed in a night-time confrontation with the settlers.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Hanson’s camera only ever invites them to bring themselves.—
Mark Holgate,
Vogue,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The screams, the reason everyone assembles, when the screams come, after a few collective inhales and exhales and a moment to gather one’s thoughts, the screams come like long guttural howls.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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The convoy assembles In order to have a car show with loud exhausts and big rumbling engines in a residential neighborhood, Fizel had to make a few calls.—
Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In her ruling, Judge Lindsey Martinez directed the attorney for the group that brought the lawsuit to submit a writ of mandate in the next 30 days detailing how the city would have to comply with the law.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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Emotions are writ large and loud in Ben Hania’s script, as Red Crescent workers weep for the young girl at the end of the line, and furiously argue among each other about the morally right course of action to take, versus the strictures of protocol.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Summons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summons. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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