as in courts
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 tribunals
Several oil companies sought compensation through international tribunals and arbitrators.
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Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
The Nuremberg trials also helped to establish precedents used in later international criminal tribunals, including those in the wake of the Bosnian war and Rwandan genocide, and influenced the formation of the International Criminal Court, which began operating in 2002 in The Hague.
—B.b. Blaber, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
That panel included two former judges who had overseen international criminal tribunals, a former legal adviser to the British Foreign Office, and Amal Clooney, a British Lebanese human-rights lawyer and the wife of George Clooney.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Winding its way through tax tribunals and the county treasurer's office all the way to the Michigan Court of Appeals through a trail of unseen revocation notices, jurisdictional conflicts and behind-the-scenes bureaucratic handwringing, that eventually got worked out.
—Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Such action could include an arms embargo, sanctions and more support for international tribunals investigating Israel's possible crimes.
—Mariam Khan, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2025
Only the Journalists' Association is authorized to evaluate the work of professionals in the field, not social media tribunals.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
The Nuremberg trials also helped to establish precedents used in later international criminal tribunals, including those in the wake of the Bosnian war and Rwandan genocide, and influenced the formation of the International Criminal Court, which began operating in 2002 in The Hague.
—B.b. Blaber, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
That panel included two former judges who had overseen international criminal tribunals, a former legal adviser to the British Foreign Office, and Amal Clooney, a British Lebanese human-rights lawyer and the wife of George Clooney.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Winding its way through tax tribunals and the county treasurer's office all the way to the Michigan Court of Appeals through a trail of unseen revocation notices, jurisdictional conflicts and behind-the-scenes bureaucratic handwringing, that eventually got worked out.
—Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Such action could include an arms embargo, sanctions and more support for international tribunals investigating Israel's possible crimes.
—Mariam Khan, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2025
Only the Journalists' Association is authorized to evaluate the work of professionals in the field, not social media tribunals.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tribunals
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House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee meets to discuss House Bill 894, which would allow courts to review and resentence certain cases where the punishment of life without parole was imposed.—
Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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The dispute wound through the courts after Murphy issued a preliminary injunction in April.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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They were also meant to help enable independent and corruption-free judiciaries in many countries, including Venezuela.—
Shelley Inglis,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2026
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People aren’t sleeping on benches.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
25 Feb. 2026
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The 6-foot-by-12-foot plywood ice shanty, consisted of two wooden benches on either side with a small table in between, and a propane heater on high keeping the frigid temperatures at bay.—
Robert Annis,
Outside,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Tribunals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tribunals. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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