as in court
an assembly of persons for the administration of justice was tried before a military tribunal and found not guilty of the charges

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Recent Examples of tribunal Founded in July 2023, the ICPA was designed to collect evidence for prosecuting Kremlin officials as a precursor to a potential tribunal. Katya Soldak, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 He was initially cleared by an independent tribunal convened by the ITIA, but after an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Sinner and WADA’s legal teams reached a case resolution agreement. Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025 Justice delayed, and still incomplete The Khmer Rouge tribunal – officially the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia – was supposed to bring closure. Sophal Ear, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025 There will now be an appeal in the immigration tribunal, and challenges in the judicial courts. Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tribunal
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  • The accompanying video – well, better classified as all-encompassing graphics that sucked you into the visual vortex – of football fields and basketball courts pulled at the hearts of 17,000 people as Chesney sang of days gone by with his typical earnestness.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 26 May 2025
  • Trump Administration policies and push back Father ripped from family as ICE agents target immigration courts, arresting people after cases are dismissed.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
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  • Indiana, on the other hand, has received 38 points from its bench.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
  • The original plan for the L was to close the tunnel and jackhammer out the concrete bench walls along the edges of the tubes and then repour new concrete bench walls, burying the electric cables within, a task that is very labor-intensive and time consuming.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
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  • All three of the judges, who sit on the US Court of International Trade, appeared troubled by the Trump administration’s claim that the judiciary may not review the legality of the tariffs at all.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 13 May 2025
  • Some of the judiciary in question are overseeing cases that involve the White House administration.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025

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“Tribunal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tribunal. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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