Thesaurus results for SUMMONSES

summonses

noun

plural of summons

as in warrants

a written notice ordering a person to appear in court if you ignore a court summons, you will be fined

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Recent Examples of summonses 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 Related Articles Gothamist reviewed evidence of at least 65 summonses to the DLCA. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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Noun

No, but the hypothetical certainly warrants more than the ~3-4 paragraphs that each player in this puff piece was given.

— Senior Football, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
The conspiracy, which originated in social media posts flagged by the FBI, included a floor plan of the school and lists of items to wear during the planned shooting, according to police warrants obtained Tuesday by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

— Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 28 Oct. 2026

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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

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Zygielbaum says his election processes won't change either way.

— Miles Parks, NPR, 22 Oct. 2026
In March 2025, a group of inmates filed a class-action lawsuit accusing the government of failing to follow the proper administrative processes before changing the prison policy.

— Julian Mark, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026

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