supreme court

noun

Definition of supreme courtnext
as in high court
the highest court of law in a country or U.S. state Supreme Court justices

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Recent Examples of supreme court After Maduro was removed, Rodríguez, who was his vice president, stepped in as interim leader, and was given a six-month mandate by the nation’s supreme court. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026 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 Sanft will have 30 days to file a notice of intent to appeal after sentencing and another four months to file with the supreme court. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026 Nor did the attorney who represented Malosso in his supreme court appeal. — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for supreme court
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  • Thompson appealed to the high court after losing at the appeals court level.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • For example, this year, the high court refused to allow the president to fire Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board.
    — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026
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  • After the Nuremberg tribunal, the top Nazi leadership were rightly hanged for their crimes, yet even these were not open for public viewing, because that is savagery.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • In Canada, when an Air Canada chatbot invented a bereavement-fare policy, the airline argued the bot was a separate entity responsible for its own actions; the tribunal called the submission remarkable and made the airline pay.
    — Michael Riedl, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
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  • There are seven bedrooms and six full bathrooms dispersed throughout, with additional spaces including a billiards room with a bar, a cozy reading nook, and a sun porch with wraparound windows.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Regiment One55 Bar & Lounge will open inside the restaurant as a space that draws inspiration from British cocktail bars, reimagined through an Indian lens.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026
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