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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During the post arrest investigation, the government submitted warrants for Lemon’s YouTube subscribers, which was rejected by a federal judge.

— Luke Barr, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
His mother was fired from the Johnson County jail after allegedly checking the system to see whether warrants existed for her son and his wife.

— Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of warrants

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Law enforcement agencies can also obtain digital information through search warrants, court orders, subpoenas and emergency requests to technology companies.

— Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
The four letters were sent on separate days in July along with subpoenas for four different inmates, whose names were redacted as part of typical privacy redactions under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.

— Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

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The facility will be used to build and test equipment, work with real-world feedstocks and prepare processes for commercial deployment.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
Improving representation is an important step, but leaders must also build processes that invite different viewpoints and give team members room to challenge prevailing ideas.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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