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the highest court of law in a country or U.S. state
Supreme Court justices
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Erin Patterson, who murdered three relatives with poisonous mushrooms, has been given a life prison sentence by the supreme court in Australia.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
In other news: Charter schools funding issue goes before supreme court: A lawsuit challenging a 2022 law that would fund charter schools in Kentucky has made its way to the state supreme court.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
In March 2015, Italy's supreme court overturned Amanda and Raffael's conviction, ending the legal matter.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The government has also sought to weaken the supreme court or attorney general, which pose potential obstacles to laws designed to facilitate land grabs and seizure of Palestinian property.
—Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2025
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
In other news: Charter schools funding issue goes before supreme court: A lawsuit challenging a 2022 law that would fund charter schools in Kentucky has made its way to the state supreme court.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
In March 2015, Italy's supreme court overturned Amanda and Raffael's conviction, ending the legal matter.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The government has also sought to weaken the supreme court or attorney general, which pose potential obstacles to laws designed to facilitate land grabs and seizure of Palestinian property.
—Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supreme court
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The high court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has given a series of green lights to the White House without full hearings or any explanation of its reasoning, as is typical on the court’s emergency docket, also known as the shadow or interim docket.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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In 2020, for example, the state's high court extended the mail-in ballot deadline, allowing thousands more ballots to be counted in that year's presidential race.—
Emily Chang,
ABC News,
8 Oct. 2025
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After the votes had been cast, Machado’s supporters produced electoral tallies appearing to show that González had won with a sweeping majority, but Venezuela’s official electoral tribunal, without producing any proof, declared Maduro the winner.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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An international tribunal's 2016 decision dismissed these claims, though China maintains the ruling is invalid.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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The pastel buildings stacked up those hills, fado music spilling out of tiny bars at night, people who actually seem happy to help when you’re lost, were my beautiful introduction.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
18 Oct. 2025
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Why do some chocolate bars exhibit complex flavor notes like floral, caramel, and gentle woody, while others taste harsh, bitter, and astringent?—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2025
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