peremptory
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“Don’t tell me ‘never,’” Graham laments, before bringing the meeting to a close with a gently peremptory “Do better.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Plenty of agency officials were already put off by the DOGErs, who often issued peremptory orders to meet with them and answer questions.
From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025
The defense was running out of peremptory challenges at that point and didn’t strike this juror.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2024
“If you’re going to strike everybody who’s either a Republican or a Democrat,” the judge observed at a February hearing, “you’re going to run out of peremptory challenges very quickly.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2024
A woman was indeed coming out on the sandbar, slipping and no doubt cursing to herself, for her lips went up and down between her clear, peremptory calls.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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