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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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According to Robertson, nothing in the firefighters’ testimony warrants confidential treatment under California law.—
Jenny Jarvie,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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The state notes that ICE already has an operational arm, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), that is trained to and regularly operates in the interior of the country, with strict requirements for warrants and probable cause in warrantless arrests.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Someone, presumably at the Justice Department, let it be known that Pirro hadn’t informed the higher-ups there before issuing the subpoenas.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2026
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In a letter to Republican Chairman James Comer, the Clintons’ attorneys claim that the subpoenas are invalid and meant to embarrass and harass the former president and secretary of state.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Oceanographic and meteorological processes fuel rich food webs that support tuna fisheries, ecotourism, and coastal livelihoods across multiple countries.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Nominacher had a few other interesting lessons, including how, in research Celonis commissioned, establishing a center of excellence for figuring out how to optimize work processes with AI resulted in an 8x better return than for companies that failed to set up such a center.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
20 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Summonses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summonses. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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