subpoenas 1 of 2

noun

plural of subpoena
as in summonses
a written notice ordering a person to appear in court received a subpoena to appear as a witness for the prosecution

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verb

present tense third-person singular of subpoena
as in summons

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Recent Examples of subpoenas
Noun
Authorities have reportedly issued more than a dozen subpoenas, including to some of Omar’s relatives, and are examining her family’s immigration paperwork. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026 Advertisement Journalists from the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post received subpoenas after reporting on national security issues. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Agents took her phone, two sources told CBS News, and her relatives have been issued subpoenas. — Mikayla Price, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Tony based that accusation on the serving of subpoenas on all nine commissioners and top county officials last month. — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 The agency acknowledged that other options were available, including issuing administrative subpoenas, imposing monetary penalties and holding hearings. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026 The labor department’s inspector general, Anthony D’Esposito, said during the briefing that his office has already issued subpoenas to the schools under scrutiny. — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026 Labor Department Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito said subpoenas had already been served. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026 Powell issued an extraordinary statement in January after subpoenas for evidence involving the renovation. — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subpoenas
  1. summonses
  2. summons
  3. cites
  4. requests
Noun
  • The number of summonses for low-level offenses, including criminal summonses, has risen during his tenure.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • They were eventually arrested and are expected to be issued summonses and released.
    — Ali Bauman, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of summonses
Verb
  • On the politics, his statement summons a legacy-killing disaster by wagering that nothing will go wrong, when something likely will go wrong during his presidency.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
  • King drops elephants through the air, erects wobbly Towers of Babel, lets characters run amok with depictions of her own pencils, and then summons a hand with a knife to clear a clean space on the page.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of summons
Verb
  • To support that conclusion, Gates cites a demand in Washburn’s petition to CWP that would prohibit the council from doing any outreach that promotes the role of hunting in wildlife management fully six months before an election.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Officer Key cites the duo's relationships with nonprofit organizations as a plus when an older adult needs help.
    — Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of cites
Verb
  • The complaint additionally requests that minors whose data has been collected by OpenAI should be financially compensated in return.
    — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Seung-woon requests Pi-o and Jeong-yo visit his hospital bedside.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of requests

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“Subpoenas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subpoenas. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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