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courtroom

[kawrt-room, -room, kohrt-] / ˈkɔrtˌrum, -ˌrʊm, ˈkoʊrt- /




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Typically, depositions take place in a lawyer's office - rather than a courtroom - without a judge physically present.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The last time Acton saw her mother in person was in a courtroom.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

Acton has said the last time she saw her mother was in the courtroom after her stepfather was charged, when her mother rebuffed her kiss.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Judge Buechler closed the courtroom to the public in the middle of his testimony.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

After less than an hour of deliberations, the twelve men returned to the courtroom.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

At the Palais de Justice in Paris on Tuesday, authorities doubled the number of courtrooms handling fast-track trials, from two to four.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Agents with their faces covered up to their eyes, in unmarked black SUVs with tinted windows, would wait outside churches, mosques, schools, daycares, courtrooms, and hospitals.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Mega master hearings have packed immigration courtrooms nationwide for the past two months, typically scheduling around 100 cases at one time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

And more courtrooms are turning to real-time speech-to-text tools, often to fill in when a human stenographer isn’t available.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

There are multiple courtrooms aligned down an enormous hallway with grand marble floors and high ceilings.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson


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