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 New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani ended the practice of issuing criminal summonses to e-bike riders for minor infractions this year. — Ali Bauman, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 To that end, Kersten said, the TLC issued more than 3,500 summonses for unlicensed operations in the first six months of 2026 — compared to 4,369 such summonses issued during all of 2025. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 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, 18 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 one got warrants to search Charlie’s car or the other house.

— Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2026
One of the top bear cases against Starbucks has been that Niccol’s approach to running the stores is too expensive and won’t deliver the kind of earnings growth that warrants owning the stock.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 30 July 2026

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Ontario International Airport Authority Ontario Airport officials said that federal agents were also on the premises on Tuesday with subpoenas requesting documents related to airport contracts.

— Zach Boetto, CBS News, 30 July 2026
The legal team for Nolan Wells' mother, Christine Wonsley, issued subpoenas to several major social media and technology companies in an effort to obtain records of her son's accounts amid questions over the 18-year-old's death, court records show.

— Deena Zaru, ABC News, 29 July 2026

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IPOs and public-market financing require disclosure, compliance processes and legal predictability.

— Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
On the other end are enterprises that generate value from AI through productivity and lower costs gained via automating customer service, streamlining business processes, and catching fraud.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026

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