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
Also Tuesday, Rachel Evans, an attorney in the California secretary of state’s office, wrote in an affidavit that the office since August has received and been complying with grand jury subpoenas for the detailed voter records of about 300 people. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 The subpoenas concern possible obstruction of justice in the handling of cases before federal judges, the source said. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2026 Federal authorities seized Omar's phone in the search and have issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas, including to some of her relatives, a person briefed on the probe told the AP this week. — Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026 Multiple relatives of Omar received grand jury subpoenas as part of the investigation, and the lawmaker's personal cellphone was taken by DHS, sources told CBS News. — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 That investigation began before Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather formally requested a State Bureau of Investigation probe in September, and subpoenas have been issued. — Charlotte Observer, 16 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 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
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
  • The result, in both its grace notes and its gestalt, freakishly summons the placeless, timeless, sunless anti-aesthetics of a turn-of-the-millennium strip-mall buffet.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of summons
Verb
  • The foundation cites decades of research and learning showing that grantees with flexible, long-term funding were better prepared for the unexpected.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The same report cites a shopper who ran a blind taste test of Aldi’s L’oven bagels against Thomas’ bagels and preferred the Aldi version.
    — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of cites
Verb
  • The suit also requests an assessment of potential future civil penalties against the city, per the motion.
    — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The older man, plagued by an unknown illness, requests the narrator bury him and return to the location later, but bids him not to tell others of his death.
    — Maria Papadouris, JSTOR Daily, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of requests

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“Subpoenas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subpoenas. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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