Thesaurus results for SUMMONSES

summonses

noun

plural of summons

as in warrants

a written notice ordering a person to appear in court if you ignore a court summons, you will be fined

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Recent Examples of summonses Out of that number, 41 received criminal court summonses and were let go, while 15 were criminally charged and sent to court. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026 Offenses like blowing red lights or running stop signs are currently handled via civil summonses. — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 25 June 2026 Police said 10 people in the area around the parade were arrested and three others were issued summonses, on charges ranging from disorderly conduct to felony assault. — Anthony Izaguirre, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026 Forty-one people were issued criminal court summonses, according to police. — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 13 June 2026

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Noun

No public warrants have yet been issued during the current war, which began in April 2023.

— Reuters, NBC news, 9 July 2026
Provide interpretability tools or model documentation sufficient for a nontechnical reviewer to identify when an output warrants challenge.

— Tiffany Archer, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of warrants

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The New York Times said that a group of its journalists received subpoenas from the Justice Department after their report on the lack of certain security features on Donald Trump‘s new Air Force One.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 July 2026
The report triggered pushback from the White House, including subpoenas delivered to the reporters ordering them to testify before a federal grand jury in Manhattan on Wednesday, the outlet said on Saturday.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026

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Basically, the fact that zinc did not always agree with carbon and nitrogen suggests that δ66Zn may be sensitive to ecological processes that are invisible to traditional tracers (offering a complementary lens rather than a replacement).

— Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
To learn more information on our reporting and testing processes, read our complete reviews process and methodology page.

— Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 11 July 2026

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