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supreme court

noun

Definition of supreme courtnext
as in high court
the highest court of law in a country or U.S. state Supreme Court justices

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Recent Examples of supreme court Sanft will have 30 days to file a notice of intent to appeal after sentencing and another four months to file with the supreme court. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026 Nor did the attorney who represented Malosso in his supreme court appeal. — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026 No changes to the state supreme court bench are happening in Kansas' future. — Saige Miller, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026 Last year, a coalition of leaders of some of the state’s biggest law firms wrote a letter to the state supreme court backing IOLTA funding for civil legal services. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for supreme court
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  1. high court
  2. tribunal
  3. bar
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  • The state attorney general's office asked the high court to let the execution proceed, arguing nothing precludes the switch to lethal injection.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Tammy Patrick of The Election Center, which has nearly 2,500 election officials as members, said those who run voting offices breathed a collective sigh of relief at the high court's decision on mail voting Monday night.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of high court
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  • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed remains imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, where he and three co-defendants are scheduled to face a military tribunal in 2028.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Another former 21 Air chief pilot, Bruce Joseph, testified to the tribunal that at least three pilots had refused to fly due to safety concerns.
    — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of tribunal
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  • Italian department store La Rinascente is 15-minutes away on foot, and cosmopolitan Monti, with its bars and shops, is a 10-minute walk away.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In one sequence, Sam stands in the middle of a rope bridge, catching a gold bar thrown at him from one side of a gorge, and then throwing it to the other side quickly enough that the weight of the gold doesn’t snap the precarious wooden planks.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
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