peremptory
Example Sentences
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It was September 2021, and the Supreme Court had just issued a late-night peremptory order declining to hear a challenge to Texas’s restrictive new abortion ban.
From New York Times
In about 72% of the cases, prosecutors used their peremptory challenges to remove Black prospective jurors, the study found.
From Los Angeles Times
In his peremptory way, he told me: “I have only two talents—doing calculations and writing essays.”
From Scientific American
Defense counsel used one of his six peremptory challenges to remove the juror and then used Ghostbear’s remaining peremptory challenges.
From Washington Times
“Violations of peremptory norms are serious violations of rights that are important to everyone, everywhere. They need to be strongly discouraged,” the court said in a statement.
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
