How to Use jurist in a Sentence

jurist

noun
  • The artist and the jurist This is a dress rehearsal of sorts.
    — Grace Ashford Cindy Schultz, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2023
  • And some experts say jurists are not always well equipped to do so.
    — Lauren Gill, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The jurist could do nothing, as the girl's parents had asked.
    — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 13 May 2018
  • But for his detractors his loss of his career as a jurist was not enough.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2019
  • In the area of contraception, the two jurists have not been far apart.
    — Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, 10 July 2018
  • The jurist disclosed his new rate card in a mass e-mail sent to more than a hundred super-donors.
    — Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2023
  • In states that elect jurists, groups close to him spent millions of dollars to place his allies on the bench.
    — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Now they're also being used to try to bring about outcomes no jurist can hand down in judgment.
    — Felix Salmon, Axios, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Since Koh took Whyte’s seat, the two jurists have built up a camaraderie.
    — Davey Alba, Wired News, 21 Apr. 2015
  • This guy has a storied career as a jurist on the federal court of appeal.
    — Fox News, 27 June 2018
  • A number of sharp questions have already emerged about the 51-year-old jurist.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The court praised Halgren’s skill and commitment as a jurist.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Those jurists needed to decide the right cases, brought by the right lawyers and heard by the right lower court judges.
    — Andrea Bernstein, ProPublica, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Judge Newman is a brilliant, capable jurist as well as a friend of mine.
    — Readers, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes is here, the great jurist and fighter for the right.
    — Pioneer Press Editorial Board, Twin Cities, 28 May 2017
  • Amid the reporting, his chief judge banned jurists at his court from including chats during court livestreams .
    — Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 13 Nov. 2025
  • One of his campaign promises is to hire as his advisers the jurists and lawyers who’d been forced into exile.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Ward does not view Schroeder as a jurist who is favorable to the rights of defendants.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 31 Oct. 2021
  • The jurist for the show is a former teacher and award winning artist Neil Connell.
    — Courant Community, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The jurist for the show is a former teacher and award winning artist Neil Connell.
    — Courant Community, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Their father had been a leading jurist, and Christoph initially wished to follow suit.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Holmes had been his friend, mentor, and hero, and Frankfurter seldom tired of invoking the great jurist.
    — Justin Driver, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Breyer, at 82, is the oldest jurist on the court and the most senior member of its liberal wing.
    — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 28 May 2021
  • The court is now two members short and will be down three when the European jurist steps down in December.
    — Eduardo Porter, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2017
  • The job has largely been farmed out to Leo, who for years has been cultivating a deep bench of potential right-wing jurists.
    — The Editors Of Gq, GQ, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The state's top jurists gather every November for an annual chili cook off.
    — Nashville Tennessean, 4 Dec. 2025
  • There will likely be one Black judge remaining in the county court system next year — a jurist who was named to the bench, not elected.
    — Molly Smith, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The 54-year-old jurist is vaccinated and has no symptoms, the court said Friday.
    — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The Lachs moot court is, for now, the only place in the world where anyone can hear international jurists rule on disputes in space.
    — Khari Johnson, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The 51-year-old jurist has served at all levels of the justice system, and brings a wide range of legal experience.
    — Donna M. Owens, Essence, 7 Apr. 2022

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