high court

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as in supreme court

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Recent Examples of high court Louisiana's state legislature rushed to redraw the district after the high court's decision. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 The high court said in its unsigned decision that the states filed their lawsuit too soon. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 The high court’s upcoming term will also include various other major cases, including a case involving religious rights and schools over Colorado barring Catholic preschools from its universal preschool program. — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2026 Trump has railed against the high court’s rulings and imposed other tariffs to make up for those the court struck down, despite polling showing his tariff policy is broadly unpopular. — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for high court
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  1. supreme court
  2. trial court
  3. tribunal
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  • In the latter, the state supreme court revised the instruction to appear more neutral and reduced pressure on hold-out jurors to switch sides.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Nor did the attorney who represented Malosso in his supreme court appeal.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of supreme court
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  • The court upheld the $14 million front-pay award but remanded the issue back to the trial court for further review.
    — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026
  • But within hours, Mamdani filed the lawsuit in a Manhattan trial court.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of trial court
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  • In England, boxer Jane Couch took the British Board of Boxing Control to an industrial tribunal over their refusal to grant her (or any woman) a professional boxing licence.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Vucic last week accused the West and The Hague tribunal of blaming only Serbs for the crimes and bringing no justice for the Serb victims.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
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