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Recent Examples of summonses
Warrants were issued for some of the individuals, and summonses for others.
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Matt Schooley, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
New York police have issued several summonses and made some arrests at past SantaCons.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
The company similarly ignored 19 summonses in February of this year.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
Goodman, the deputy commissioner, said the New York Department of Sanitation has issued about 6,000 summonses so far this year for dirty sidewalks, though those violations cover all types of litter.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
The department started issuing warnings for noncompliant buildings last April but was only sending summonses to those that had more than 30 apartments and exceeded four warnings.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 21 Jan. 2026
Each of the drivers received citations and criminal summonses, including for unregistered and uninsured motor vehicles.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
But a state court database shows that a motorist named Vincent Battiloro received 14 traffic summonses for a crash in Cranford on Monday.
—New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
Matt Schooley, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
New York police have issued several summonses and made some arrests at past SantaCons.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
The company similarly ignored 19 summonses in February of this year.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
Goodman, the deputy commissioner, said the New York Department of Sanitation has issued about 6,000 summonses so far this year for dirty sidewalks, though those violations cover all types of litter.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
The department started issuing warnings for noncompliant buildings last April but was only sending summonses to those that had more than 30 apartments and exceeded four warnings.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 21 Jan. 2026
Each of the drivers received citations and criminal summonses, including for unregistered and uninsured motor vehicles.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
But a state court database shows that a motorist named Vincent Battiloro received 14 traffic summonses for a crash in Cranford on Monday.
—New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summonses
Noun
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The new law requires communications companies to respond to warrants in five days and social media companies to respond within 72 hours.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
1 May 2026
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One of the warrants DeSantis signed this year expired after the Florida Supreme Court issued a stay.—
Jim Turner,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The governor’s comments underscored the limited power of the commission, which could not issue subpoenas, file charges or compel anyone to do anything.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Uthmeier has issued subpoenas to OpenAI requesting records of company policies and training materials for when users make threats to harm themselves or others and for cooperating with law enforcement and reporting possible crimes.—
Lauren Fichten,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The new law will also allow residents or the state's Attorney General to sue local and county governments over their voting processes or plans.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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The fundamental processes governing brain health — genetics, neural and synaptic plasticity, and neuroinflammation — do not respect the arbitrary boundaries drawn between neurology and psychiatry.—
Eric J. Nestler,
STAT,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Summonses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summonses. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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