as in suit
a court case for enforcing a right or claim
the homeowner filed a lawsuit against the moving company that was refusing to be held responsible for damaging her furniture
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Recent Examples of lawsuit
Her body was found after an employee noticed a smell coming from the minivan, the lawsuit claims.
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Kc Baker, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
In the lawsuit, Morgan said the approximately $2,400 monthly payment will financially devastate her.
—Kate Linderman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2025
But Spotify recently came under fierce criticism from the music industry — not to mention a lawsuit — for its recent music-audiobooks bundle, which Billboard estimated will decrease the amount of royalties paid to music companies by $150 million over the next year.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
And last week Quality Plumbing, Inc., also based in North Kansas City, filed a lawsuit against the company over $254,000 in unpaid bills.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2025
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Kc Baker, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
In the lawsuit, Morgan said the approximately $2,400 monthly payment will financially devastate her.
—Kate Linderman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2025
But Spotify recently came under fierce criticism from the music industry — not to mention a lawsuit — for its recent music-audiobooks bundle, which Billboard estimated will decrease the amount of royalties paid to music companies by $150 million over the next year.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
And last week Quality Plumbing, Inc., also based in North Kansas City, filed a lawsuit against the company over $254,000 in unpaid bills.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lawsuit
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He was also allowed to give lessons to girls after regular school hours and on holidays when no one else was around, the parents say in the suit.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2025
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The suit came shortly after Jenner & Block filed a similar legal challenge against an almost identical order.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Historian Heather Cox Richardson, in her regular post for March 30, notes a similar procession of this complaint.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The complaint is based on the Intertek and SGS testing results provided in September.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This means that at any point they can be picked up by immigration officials and put in deportation proceedings.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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David Lowery takes the few elements that worked—mainly the special kinship between a boy and a dragon—and injects his own unique vision into the proceedings.—
Barry Levitt,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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In addition to this lawsuit, Brooks is currently in separate litigation with his former attorney, Andrew Quait, over tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid legal fees.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Boasberg blocked the deportations anyway, ordering any planes that may be in the air carrying the deportees to return while the litigation played out.—
Cristian Farias,
The New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Lawsuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawsuit. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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