federal case

noun

: big deal
don't make a federal case out of it

Examples of federal case in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The state trial comes following his sentencing in the federal case, where he was convicted of seeking to hold former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hostage and attacking her husband with a hammer. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 29 May 2024 Altman quoted a court order issued on May 7 in a federal case in Arkansas that concluded the state cannot prevent two high school teachers from discussing critical race theory in the classroom. Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024 Ongoing federal cases against sitting federal lawmakers There is one against a Republican, expelled Rep. George Santos of New York, and two against Democrats, Menendez and Cuellar. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024 And Reid, who ridicules right-wing conspiracy theories on her show, had no problem drawing a direct line between the 2015 Freddie Gray case against cops and the 2022 federal cases against Mosby. Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for federal case 

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Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of federal case was in 1950

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“Federal case.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/federal%20case. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.

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