- present tense form of summon (3rd person singular).
summons
Example Sentences
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"You're not a eukaryote if you don't have sterols or comparable membrane lipids," Summons says.
From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026
A spokesperson for the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service confirmed that a Personal Injuries Summons had been received and registered by the Court of Session.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2024
Attorneys for Combs alleged in the 83-page motion, obtained by The Times, that the Bad Boy Records founder “was not served with the Summons and Complaint,” which Cardello-Smith had filed in June.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024
When reading "Bird Summons," I kept imagining a piece of paper with lines of string tied to each corner.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2020
This was the Summons, the great Summons for which, without his knowledge, the experiences of his life, detail by detail, had builded him.
From The Summons by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
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