courtroom
Americannoun
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courtrooms
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of courtroom
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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
"Once he leaves, there's no getting him back, the case goes away, and that is why this is a bigger case," Tse said in the courtroom.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Albertsons’ struggles after the deal collapsed were predicted by its former CEO, Vivek Sankaran, in a Portland, Ore., federal courtroom in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
I wasn't feeling much better as I packed up my things and headed out of the courtroom.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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
There is no oak panelling, no green leather-bound legal textbooks like the courtrooms you see on TV dramas.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 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
“In many, many courtrooms throughout the state today, there is nobody there, and there’s not going to be anybody there,” attorney Sonya Winner told the high court during oral arguments in Los Angeles last month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Throughout the summer, protesters circulated from the picket lines to the courtrooms to the jail cells and back to the picket lines.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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