Thesaurus results for JUSTICES

justices

noun

plural of justice

as in judges

a public official having authority to decide questions of law a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

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Recent Examples of justices The Buckeye Institute – along with a number of other conservative groups that have filed supportive briefs – want the justices to also revisit a 2005 decision that affirmed a broad interpretation of Congress’s power to regulate interstate commerce. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026 Instead, the six conservative justices said in an unsigned opinion that the states had filed their lawsuit too early — before the order had been implemented, or any formal rules pertaining to it had been developed. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026 She’s called for expanding the Supreme Court from nine justices to 13. — NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026 With Congress unlikely to solve the debate, maybe a group of nine justices can help out. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The case could soon be appealed back to the Supreme Court, days after the justices handed down a procedural decision that allowed the administration to move ahead. — Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 The justices stressed that their decision did not establish that Trump’s order or the policies implementing it were legal. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026 The justices struck down the trade penalties and set the stage for the federal government to pay refunds to importers. — Paul Wiseman, Arkansas Online, 23 Aug. 2026

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Defiant, Mladic acted bullishly during his trial and yelled at the judges when sentenced to life in prison.

— Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
The couple were known in South Florida for their dinner parties at their homes in Miami Beach and Coconut Grove that gathered musicians, fellow attorneys and judges, senators, bankers, philanthropists and journalists.

— Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of judges

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In lower courts, the administration has argued that the president has total authority to renovate the White House and other federal buildings.

— Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
In hip-hop and other genres, producers were using snippets of other people’s records; courts often ruled that this was a form of theft, although hip-hop fans tended to see it as righteous theft.

— Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of courts

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Alongside Gyllenhaal and Ben Hania, the jurists include English composer Daniel Blumberg, Italian professor Francesco Casetti, French writer-director Xavier Giannoli, Afghan writer-director Shahrbanoo Sadat, and Hong Kong director Johnnie To.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2026
And rather than have the designers come to the jury (of which this editor was a member), the jurists spent several hours with each designer in their own space.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026