How to Use tribunal in a Sentence

tribunal

noun
  • An international tribunal was formed to deal with war crimes.
  • That will be up to a new electoral tribunal that hasn’t yet been named.
    — SFChronicle.com, 24 Nov. 2019
  • If the two sides cannot strike a deal, it will be taken to a tribunal.
    — SI.com, 8 July 2019
  • The tribunal held three days of hearings on that issue last month.
    — Richard C. Paddock, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2020
  • That tribunal, which decides what appeals will be heard, is off to a rocky start.
    — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 20 June 2021
  • Bots lives in The Hague, where the tribunal took place for most of her life.
    — Sarah Chatta, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Still, at the tribunal, the threat of impending closure has come as a shock.
    — New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
  • For their part, Chelsea have the right to appeal against any verdict reached by the tribunal.
    — SI.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • His plan for a tribunal to try bishops accused of covering up abuse was scotched.
    — Daniel Burke, CNN, 29 June 2017
  • The tribunal's judges have up to four months to issue a decision on such a request.
    — Reuters, CNN, 14 June 2021
  • Just be aware that’s a case no international tribunal in the world would dare to take!
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Pal gave voice to ideas that the architects of the tribunal preferred to obscure.
    — Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2023
  • In the end, the seven-member tribunal did not have to grapple with that question.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 30 June 2021
  • There has been little reaction to the tribunal’s woes in Lebanon.
    — New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Four judges – one from each of the countries convening the tribunal – presided over the case.
    — B.b. Blaber, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The pair took Uber to the tribunal in 2016, which ruled in their favor.
    — Kelvin Chan, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Kyiv has been pushing for the creation of a special tribunal since early in the conflict.
    — Molly Quell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
  • The next step is for an employment tribunal to decide how to compensate dozens of claimants.
    — Scott McLean, CNN, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The two sides are at liberty to agree it between themselves, but failure to do so will prompt a tribunal.
    — SI.com, 27 Sep. 2019
  • The friars lodged a complaint with the bishop, and the insects were brought before a tribunal.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The mounting legal costs of a tribunal appear on the monthly board report.
    — Anna Shields, Forbes, 28 May 2021
  • Could Russia face a Nuremberg-style tribunal over the Ukraine war?
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2022
  • In my Airbnb, over takeout sushi, Irena read over the tribunal’s judgment.
    — Anna Louie Sussman, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2019
  • When the term of the tribunal’s president ended, all of the judges were supposed to choose a replacement.
    — Marc Santora, New York Times, 5 July 2018
  • But Venezuelans did not take part in the tribunal, and consider its decision null and void.
    — Genevieve Glatsky, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Most conflicts are decided by the tribunal of public opinion.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • In 2016, the drivers filed a claim with an employment tribunal.
    — Adam Satariano, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2021
  • In it, Nas is seduced by a serpent and brought in front of a tribunal for judgment, where he is killed by a flying butt plug.
    — New York Times, 7 July 2021
  • The tribunal may rule on Mr Vizcarra’s actions, but is likely to take at least three months.
    — The Economist, 10 Oct. 2019
  • The Swiss tribunal upheld the challenge and lifted Yang’s eight-year ban from swimming.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024

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