as in high court
the highest court of law in a country or U.S. state
Supreme Court justices
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Trump administration Wisconsin wisconsin supreme court Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media Inc.
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Apr. 2025
Her victory preserves the court's 4-3 liberal majority, safeguarding control of one of the most politically consequential state supreme courts in the nation.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Prosecutors say Bolsonaro participated and directed a plot to overturn his reelection loss and even planned to poison his successor and current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and kill the vice president and a supreme court justice.
—Carrie Kahn, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
As the amendment made its way through the Legislature, Republican lawmakers repeatedly asserted the U.S. Supreme Court had reversed rulings of the Kansas Supreme Court at a higher rate than any other state supreme court.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Apr. 2025
Her victory preserves the court's 4-3 liberal majority, safeguarding control of one of the most politically consequential state supreme courts in the nation.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Prosecutors say Bolsonaro participated and directed a plot to overturn his reelection loss and even planned to poison his successor and current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and kill the vice president and a supreme court justice.
—Carrie Kahn, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
As the amendment made its way through the Legislature, Republican lawmakers repeatedly asserted the U.S. Supreme Court had reversed rulings of the Kansas Supreme Court at a higher rate than any other state supreme court.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supreme court
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The high court agreed to pause a lower court order that had blocked the administration from implementing its ban nationwide.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
6 May 2025
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Frequently, this is done by packing high courts with loyalist judges and creating special tribunals with little or no due process for certain cases or people.—
Amanda Taub,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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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
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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
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The beach offers bars, restaurants, sunbed and umbrella rentals, water sports facilities and bathrooms.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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The popular neighborhood Toronto bar, inside a brick Victorian building blocks from the University of Toronto’s campus, is replete with billiards tables and a full rack of liquor.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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“Supreme court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supreme%20court. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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