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 The number of summonses for low-level offenses, including criminal summonses, has risen during his tenure. — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026 They were eventually arrested and are expected to be issued summonses and released. — Ali Bauman, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2026 Related Articles Gothamist reviewed evidence of at least 65 summonses to the DLCA. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Throughout the investigation, state police carried out multiple search and seizure warrants for financial records tied to the accusations and were provided company records dating as far back as 2021.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Nov. 2026
Raytown police took into custody a man with outstanding municipal warrants, but the Raytown Police Investigations Unit was still looking into his involvement with the shooting, VanBibber wrote.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of warrants

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Black had refused to respond to subpoenas asking him to appear and to turn over any potential nondisclosure agreements involving the investigation into Epstein.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Other members of Congress quickly followed suit, warning of numerous subpoenas.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of subpoenas

Noun

This approach allows engineers to consolidate components that traditionally require separate manufacturing and assembly processes.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
Protecting trade secrets The growing competition is putting greater focus on how semiconductor companies protect the knowledge accumulated by engineers working on complex manufacturing processes.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

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