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Recent Examples of summonses
Warrants were issued for some of the individuals, and summonses for others.
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Matt Schooley, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
New York police have issued several summonses and made some arrests at past SantaCons.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
The company similarly ignored 19 summonses in February of this year.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
Goodman, the deputy commissioner, said the New York Department of Sanitation has issued about 6,000 summonses so far this year for dirty sidewalks, though those violations cover all types of litter.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
The department started issuing warnings for noncompliant buildings last April but was only sending summonses to those that had more than 30 apartments and exceeded four warnings.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 21 Jan. 2026
Each of the drivers received citations and criminal summonses, including for unregistered and uninsured motor vehicles.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
But a state court database shows that a motorist named Vincent Battiloro received 14 traffic summonses for a crash in Cranford on Monday.
—New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
Matt Schooley, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
New York police have issued several summonses and made some arrests at past SantaCons.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
The company similarly ignored 19 summonses in February of this year.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
Goodman, the deputy commissioner, said the New York Department of Sanitation has issued about 6,000 summonses so far this year for dirty sidewalks, though those violations cover all types of litter.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
The department started issuing warnings for noncompliant buildings last April but was only sending summonses to those that had more than 30 apartments and exceeded four warnings.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 21 Jan. 2026
Each of the drivers received citations and criminal summonses, including for unregistered and uninsured motor vehicles.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
But a state court database shows that a motorist named Vincent Battiloro received 14 traffic summonses for a crash in Cranford on Monday.
—New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summonses
Noun
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Officers used biometric verification and federal law enforcement databases to confirm his identity and active warrants out of Sullivan County, New York, the agency said.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Search and seizure must be reasonable and supported by warrants signed by judges, not administrative warrants that are not signed by judges.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Pirro has until Monday to appeal District of Columbia Chief Judge James Boasberg’s rulings quashing her subpoenas to the Fed.—
Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
1 May 2026
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The governor’s comments underscored the limited power of the commission, which could not issue subpoenas, file charges or compel anyone to do anything.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Regardless of whether one studies cosmology, particle physics, medicine or chemical processes, one is always dealing with variable systems and thus with differential equations.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
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These additions build on the company’s earlier efforts to simplify processes, extending that philosophy into software.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Summonses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summonses. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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