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Recent Examples of arraignment
Arechiga did not enter a plea at his arraignment Monday in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana.
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City News Service, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
The plea was entered on his behalf during his arraignment in Alamosa County, Colorado on Monday.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2026
Maduro was transported to his arraignment by helicopter—an apparent first.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Gonzalez pleaded not guilty during his Firday arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court and was released without bail.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
An arraignment for Aaron Tucker was originally scheduled for Monday but will likely take place on Friday instead.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
His name is being withheld by deputies, pending formal court arraignment.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
During Nick's first arraignment of the year when he was expected to make a plea, Jackson unceremoniously removed himself from the case.
—Tracy Wright , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 11 Jan. 2026
Friday’s hearing was Mangione’s first trip to Manhattan federal court since his April 25 arraignment.
—Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arraignment
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Regardless of which party is calling for the impeachment of judges, the outcome is unlikely to result in a conviction by the Senate.—
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That led to impeachment hearings.—
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The shooting inflamed tensions a day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis, prompting protests and condemnation from state and city officials there.—
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Elon Musk’s xAI has restricted its AI chatbot Grok’s image generation capabilities to paying subscribers only, following widespread condemnation over its use to create non-consensual sexualized images of real women and children.—
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Condemnations Some South American leaders offered some of the strongest and swiftest denunciations, alongside Iran and Russia.—
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In addition to Murton's denunciations of conditions at Cummins and Tucker, his book explores the woefully inadequate women's prison, located on the same grounds as Cummins.—
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“Arraignment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arraignment. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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