Thesaurus results for JURISTS

jurists

noun

plural of jurist

as in judges

a public official having authority to decide questions of law earned a reputation as one of the most learned jurists in the federal courts

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Recent Examples of jurists The state's top jurists gather every November for an annual chili cook off. —

Nashville Tennessean, 4 Dec. 2025 Amid the reporting, his chief judge banned jurists at his court from including chats during court livestreams . —

Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 13 Nov. 2025 All three of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices who sought reelection Tuesday will get another term, ensuring Democratic jurists keep their majority on the presidential battleground state’s highest court — one at the center of pivotal fights over voting rights, redistricting and elections. —

Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025 The Bonhoeffers constituted a long line of pastors, doctors, scientists, and jurists. —

Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025 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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Regardless of which party is calling for the impeachment of judges, the outcome is unlikely to result in a conviction by the Senate.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2026
RuPaul’s Drag Race features mainstay judges RuPaul Charles, Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews, and Ts Madison.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026