courtroom
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of courtroom
Example Sentences
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Spectators sat transfixed in Courtroom One of the Ronald V. Dellums federal courthouse as witnesses painted a world of robots that can solve Rubik’s Cubes, eye-popping fortunes and worries over possibly unleashing a doomsday beast.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
The royal family will not attend any of the proceedings in Courtroom 250 at Oslo district court, where the trial has attracted enormous interest throughout Norway and beyond.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
One sunny Tuesday in May, I squeezed into the back of Courtroom 8D at the Brooklyn federal courthouse, taking one of the few seats left unfilled.
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2024
Courtroom testimony during a preliminary hearing last month showed that the allegedly confidential records in question were actually court records.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024
Courtroom artists complained that his restless gestures in the witness box made it impossible to get a good sketch.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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