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as in courtyard
an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)
the art museum boasts a glass-sided court that is filled with an array of greenery and sculpture
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as in tribunal
an assembly of persons for the administration of justice
this court is now called to order
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as in judge
a public official having authority to decide questions of law
if it please the court, I'd like to approach the bench
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as in to woo
to act so as to make (something) more likely
you're courting disaster if you keep playing with matches
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Recent Examples of court
Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
Bond was set at $750,000, according to court records.
—Mark Price
january 9, Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2026
David Frum, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
While on the podcast, Swift reflected fondly on how Travis went about courting her.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2025
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Good, 37, and her partner had connections to Kansas City, living in the area as recently as the fall of 2023, court records show.
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The administration could have courted greater legitimacy for its actions by cooperating with regional partners, such as Colombia and Brazil, which have both tangled with the Maduro regime in the recent past.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for court
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The Prince and Princess of Wales still use KP as their London home, and on two separate instances over the holidays, a man broke onto the grounds of the palace carrying a heavy rucksack.—
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Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were grabbed from their presidential palace in Caracas, the South American country’s capital, during a precision military operation.—
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With its intricate tiles, massive dome, and sweeping view of the city from its courtyard, Suleymaniye is a gem among Istanbul's imperial mosques.—
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Qianlong took a page from the design of private gardens in southern China to make the layout more compact, and divided the site into four connected courtyards, two of which are currently open to the public, from south to north.—
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That September, Guzmán and his companion, Elena Iparraguirre, were captured in Lima; a secret military tribunal sentenced them to life in prison, but the fighting went on.—
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An international arbitral tribunal ruled in 2016 that Beijing's sweeping claims had no basis under international law, a decision China rejects.—
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He was released under the Obama administration with a notice to appear in court but never did, leading a federal immigration judge to order his deportation in absentia in 2012.—
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The judges on Sunday included McIntosh's widow, Derotha McIntosh; Greg Henderson; Broadway Joe Booker; and Marty Ryall, the director of the Division of Arkansas Heritage.—
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In Single Lady, which premiered on Netflix in October 2024 after being filmed at her stand-up tour of the same name, Wong described how a man—revealed to be Hader later in the set—had wooed and pursued her, leading to her ultimately shedding that single lady status.—
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Ross tried and failed early in his ownership tenure to woo coach Jim Harbaugh.—
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Above water, mangrove trails and tropical hammocks frame the park’s conservation legacy, dating to the 1950s.—
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One person who did step in, according to Redd, was castmate Kenan Thompson’s ex-wife Christina Evangeline — who Redd ended up dating.—
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The Tetra Aquatic Turtle Deluxe Kit 20 Gallons is the best choice for new turtle owners who want to ensure that their pet is kept in a suitable enclosure.—
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The cow, described as calm and uninjured, had escaped from its enclosure at a nearby property.—
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The state magistrate judge denied involuntary commitment, but the FBI did not give up and continued to build the case to charge him and detain him, according to investigators.—
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Cole faces two criminal offenses, but the magistrate judge put off immediately accepting an indictment returned by a grand jury convened in the District of Columbia Superior Court on Monday.—
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“Court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/court. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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