high court

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as in supreme court

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Recent Examples of high court Trump has railed against the high court’s rulings and imposed other tariffs to make up for those the court struck down, despite polling showing his tariff policy is broadly unpopular. — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The National Trust for Historic Preservation told the high court that ballroom construction should stop unless Trump gets approval from Congress. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 Officials at Spain’s high court didn’t reply to a request for comment on the status of the case against Betancourt. — Fabiola Zerpa, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026 But the state’s high court agreed to review the matter to clarify a legal question regarding bail in California. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for high court
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  1. supreme court
  2. trial court
  3. tribunal
Noun
  • Nor did the attorney who represented Malosso in his supreme court appeal.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • No changes to the state supreme court bench are happening in Kansas' future.
    — Saige Miller, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of supreme court
Noun
  • The court upheld the $14 million front-pay award but remanded the issue back to the trial court for further review.
    — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026
  • But within hours, Mamdani filed the lawsuit in a Manhattan trial court.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of trial court
Noun
  • Many leaders of the slaughter were tried and convicted by a United Nations war crimes tribunal that has now closed down.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The tribunal found that Mladic, together with late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic, were part of a criminal conspiracy to implement the plan.
    — Ivana Sekularac, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
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“High court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20court. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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