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

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of justice During the May 15 hearing, justices asked attorneys for both sides about the consequences of allowing the order to take effect. Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 16 May 2025 Private property was an essential aspect of his views on social justice. Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025 Joe Don Baker, the actor who as the real-life Sheriff Buford Pusser in the 1973 vigilante film Walking Tall carried a big stick to mete out his own Tennessee brand of justice, died May 7, his family has announced. Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 May 2025 But the new indictment accuses 12 other men and Lam of charges that include RICO Conspiracy, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, and obstruction of justice. Dan Mangan, CNBC, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for justice
Recent Examples of Synonyms for justice
Noun
  • Instead, the court said that the right to claim burdens on executive functions belongs to the president, not to his opponents in the case.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 30 May 2025
  • Tesla needs to get this right, and the technology is still a work in progress.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Council members haven’t had the power to vote for or against their own pay raises since a 2018 ballot measure that tied their compensation — including any raises — directly to the salaries of state Superior Court judges.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
  • This has been observed across various settings, from judges giving less favorable rulings later in the day to professionals like nurses and air traffic controllers showing reduced cognitive sharpness when mentally depleted.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • Foundation director resigns over neutrality The foundation is off to a rocky start.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 29 May 2025
  • The company’s goal is to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • The slim-fit, waist-length tank has an aesthetically-pleasing no-seam construction that doesn’t chafe against your skin (thank goodness!), and looks polished enough to throw on and go.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2025
  • The film is at its strongest when intimately keeping its lens on Aisha’s tangible struggles, while organically contextualizing the modest instances of goodness in her life in contrast with the dire political backdrop of the region.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The accompanying video – well, better classified as all-encompassing graphics that sucked you into the visual vortex – of football fields and basketball courts pulled at the hearts of 17,000 people as Chesney sang of days gone by with his typical earnestness.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 26 May 2025
  • The Star Tribune reported that Cahill received some advice and well-wishes from other U.S. judges who took on similarly high-profile court cases that were heavily covered by the media — including Lance Ito, who oversaw O.J. Simpson's 1995 murder trial.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • Richards’s convictions, and his aspirations for psychedelics, prompt questions about the objectivity of such research.
    Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
  • The implementation of data analytics allows investors to make more informed decisions, reduce dependence on the human factor and increase the objectivity of their assessments.
    Dmitrii Khasanov, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The global appeal of sport, lucrative media rights, and the potential for substantial returns is attracting private equity firms, sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, celebrities and athletes.
    Claire Poole, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
  • One is the shift toward performance marketing models prioritizing instant feedback loops over long-term brand equity.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 24 May 2025
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  • As a consequence, its countries are practiced in the art of strategic hedging and are predisposed to neutralism and nonalignment, owing to their colonial histories.
    David Shambaugh, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2020
  • India, an avatar of forceful neutralism early on, saw its influence diminished by regional conflict and domestic troubles.
    Erez Manela, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021

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“Justice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/justice. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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