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Recent Examples of summonses
Court summonses are always delivered by mail, not over the phone.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summonses
Noun
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The worker, a legal US resident, said ICE agents neither showed warrants nor explained the reason for the raid.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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Adair had been in the facility since he was arrested July 4 on misdemeanor warrants for failure to appear in court on multiple traffic violations.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The department has issued subpoenas in Cook’s case, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.—
Robert Faturechi,
ProPublica,
6 Sep. 2025
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As part of that campaign, the Justice Department sent more than 20 subpoenas to medical practitioners who have provided gender-affirming procedures to minors, including demanding confidential data about patients.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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United’s decade-plus of footballing dysfunction owes a partial debt to hiring processes that can make sense in the moment, but leave head coaches overexposed.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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The two processes provide the robot with real-time spatial awareness that adapts to any object without prior training.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Summonses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summonses. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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