justices

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 At the Supreme Court on Wednesday, conservative and liberal justices alike appeared to have little use for either side in a case that tests Illinois voting regulations. Nina Totenberg, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025 Several Supreme Court justices . Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 But if enough justices are in favor, the Court could instead rule that states may not place restrictions on medical providers’ speech — which would have dramatic implications for similar laws across the country. Samantha Riedel, Them., 8 Oct. 2025 But some justices didn’t seem convinced. Jared Gans, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025 Unluckily, however, Frank Murphy and Wiley Blount Rutledge, two of the court’s most liberal justices, died before the appeal of the first two Hollywood 10 convictions could reach them. Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025 And the justices will consider later this term whether states can prevent transgender girls and women from playing on female sports teams. Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025 Nonetheless, those losses could mean an uphill fight for his administration even in front of the justices, who have so far sided with the president on many legal challenges to his effort to remake the government. Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025 The federal government argued that the lower courts were circumventing the power of the justices and improperly limiting the authority of the Department of Homeland Security. Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for justices
Noun
  • The show tapes weekly in Los Angeles and features celebrity-pro dance pairings performing live for judges and viewers.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
  • At the end of the night, live viewer votes will be combined with the judges’ scores to determine who will be eliminated.
    Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Stay tuned for more from today’s programming, like Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, the CEOs of Best Buy, Land O’Lakes, and Ulta Beauty, how the courts are influencing American business, and much, much more.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Under a 2023 state law, California courts seal records for minors under 18 years of age who change their name and gender identifier to protect their privacy.
    Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The integrity of our system of justice and the judicial system is based on the trust that people place in the jurists that populate that branch, the third branch of government.
    John E. Jones III, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The rare move highlighted the administration's combative stance toward jurists who impeded its immigration policies.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Justices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/justices. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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