How to Use special master in a Sentence

special master

noun
  • But the special masters do not work for him.
    — Anna Kirkland, The Conversation, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The special master has been working on the case for more than a year.
    — Andrea Estes, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • How would a judge usually choose a special master in a case like this?
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The court has a cartographer and a special master ready to do that.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 26 June 2023
  • Trump’s legal team has said a special master is needed to ensure a fair process.
    — Ann E. Marimow and Devlin Barrett, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The special master would then provide the findings and facts of the case to the justices.
    — Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The courts would be likely to appoint a special master to redraw the district lines.
    — Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Cannon will first need to appoint someone to perform the job of special master.
    — Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The court will appoint a special master to redraw the lines, pending appeal.
    — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Typically, both parties would split the cost of a special master.
    — Perry Stein, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022
  • If the court balks at the revision, the special master could be tasked with redrafting it himself.
    — S.m. | New York, The Economist, 30 Oct. 2019
  • That image provides a kind of backdrop to the numbers in the special master’s reports.
    — STAT, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Selena will be recording the episodes from her own home kitchen and a special master chef will be joining her to guide her through each recipe.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 6 May 2020
  • In Stewart’s case the judge agreed with a defense request to appoint a special master.
    — Bloomberg.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The special masters then have about 60 days to report their findings to the commission.
    — Don Thompson, The Seattle Times, 3 Sep. 2018
  • The judges assigned a special master to oversee the remedial map.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
  • As was the case a decade ago, the court hired Persily as special master and directed him to make minimal changes.
    — Mark Pazniokas, courant.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The high court's ruling paved the way for a special master, appointed by a lower court judge, to craft the new district contours.
    — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 9 Apr. 2023
  • There are eight people called special masters who handle cases as de facto judges, but case backlogs have mounted over the decades.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The special master is slated to turn over her findings to the state Supreme Court Friday.
    — Caitlin Conant, CBS News, 1 Sep. 2020
  • In the event of a deadlock, the Supreme Court would appoint a special master to draw maps and the court would make the final pick.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2019
  • The special master’s lawyer, William Sinnott, did not respond to a request for comment.
    — Andrea Estes, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2018
  • The judge left open the possibility of appointing a third-party special master to play a role in the review.
    — Nicole Hong, WSJ, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Two survivors of Epstein’s abuse had written to the court in support of appointing a special master.
    — Chris Brennan, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The city now seeks more than $1 million and the appointment of a special master to oversee the facility.
    — Fox News, 10 July 2020
  • Here’s what to know about the investigation’s new special master, Judge Dearie.
    — Time, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The court will appoint a special master to oversee the reprocessing of claims, which should take about one year to complete, Reynolds said.
    — Christopher Snowbeck, Star Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020
  • The court also ordered the appointment of a special master to oversee a ballot count, Bianco said.
    — Josh Meyer, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Last Thursday, the special master ruled in favor of the plaintiffs on claims relating to Nelson.
    — Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2020
  • The special master will determine whether to block DOJ from using the records in its criminal probe.
    — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2022

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