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as in calls
to demand or request the presence or service of
without explanation, the managing editor summoned me to his office
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as in musters
to bring together in assembly by or as if by command
summoned a special session of parliament
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Recent Examples of summons
Harry Weller, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2025
Critics through the years have criticized the approach as encouraging racial profiling, with residents in largely Black and Hispanic communities more likely to be given summonses for low-level offenses or arrested.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
John Aguilar The Denver Post (tns), al, 12 Sep. 2023
Gaud was transported to a local hospital for treatment, the statement said, and will be summonsed to court at a later date.
—Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2023
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Noun
After duplicate names are culled, the jury administrator employs a randomizing algorithm to generate the summonses.
—Harry Weller, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2025
Critics through the years have criticized the approach as encouraging racial profiling, with residents in largely Black and Hispanic communities more likely to be given summonses for low-level offenses or arrested.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
Verb
She was arrested and summonsed at least four times in the years leading up to her election to Congress in 2020.
—John Aguilar The Denver Post (tns), al, 12 Sep. 2023
Gaud was transported to a local hospital for treatment, the statement said, and will be summonsed to court at a later date.
—Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for summons
Noun
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The bride’s father revealed in a letter to Washington Post’s Miss Manners that the wedding was canceled after the groom was arrested on an active warrant a few hours before the ceremony was scheduled to take place.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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The warrants were part of on ongoing cruelty to animals investigation conducted by the Winchester Police Department, in cooperation with the Town of Harwinton Regional Animal Control Department and animal control officers with the Connecticut Department of Agriculture.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Much of the tension in the story gathers around the mystery of Bea’s unbreakable devotion to this man.—
Rachel Aviv,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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It’s set during the civil war in the Central African Republic in 2013, when on Christmas Eve, a desperate Muslim man seeks refuge at a field hospital, while a threatening Christian militia gathers outside, demanding his life.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
19 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Oprah Winfrey has been dragged into the Russell Simmons rape case by way of a subpoena.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The ongoing inquiries, the existence of which ProPublica is revealing for the first time, were at various stages of development, with subpoenas issued in most of them and companies submitting records in response.—
Jake Pearson,
ProPublica,
26 Mar. 2025
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There, a federal circuit court held that President Abraham Lincoln was powerless to suspend the writ of habeas corpus because the Constitution entrusted the suspension power exclusively to Congress.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Mar. 2025
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In October 1871, Grant declared parts of South Carolina to be in active rebellion against the federal government, suspended the writ of habeas corpus, and deployed the army to help apprehend the Klan.—
Brittany Friedman / Made by History,
TIME,
6 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Young asks if the potential customer has a corporate sponsor and cites companies including Audible and Bloomberg as clients.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
5 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement The suit asks the courts to block the law from going into effect.—
Suhauna Hussain,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Apple also assembles the majority of iPhones, iPads and MacBooks and other accessories in China (in Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Zhengzhou), through its contract manufacturing partner, Foxconn.—
Shimite Obialo,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
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In this Christmas caper, fifth-grader Andy (Winslow Fegley) assembles a group of talented youngsters to game Santa’s system and prove that naughty is in the eye of the beholder.—
Sezín Devi Koehler,
EW.com,
6 Dec. 2024
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Governor as activist Marwan hails from an elite Damascus family and grew up in a wealthy neighborhood in the capital.—
Hadeel Al-Shalchi,
NPR,
27 Dec. 2024
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This example, from Craft + Tailored, hails from 1991, and boats original chamfers on the lugs throughout.—
Blake Buettner,
Robb Report,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Summons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summons. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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