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Recent Examples of summonses
The cars that were blocking the hydrants were impounded, and their owners were issued summonses.
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Vanessa Murdock, CBS News, 5 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
Court summonses are always delivered by mail, not over the phone.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Vanessa Murdock, CBS News, 5 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
Court summonses are always delivered by mail, not over the phone.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summonses
Noun
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The administration has labored to frame the use of the military in Venezuela as a law enforcement action, since Maduro had outstanding warrants for his arrest in the United States.—
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
6 Jan. 2026
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Under the law, local jail staff are authorized to verify inmates’ immigration status and to carry out certain federal immigration warrants.—
Maria Salette Ontiveros,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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As Republicans lined up to distance themselves from the subpoenas to the Fed, markets barely moved in response to the threat to Powell.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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But the president told NBC on Sunday that the DOJ’s subpoenas do not have anything to do with interest rates, according to the outlet.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Interactions and internal processes send cool gas drifting inward.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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Park hailed the resilience of the community, and how residents organized block by block when there was no roadmap for recovery, and insurance and bureaucratic processes felt impossible to navigate alone.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
10 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Summonses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summonses. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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