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courts

  • plural of court.
  • present tense form of court (3rd person singular).

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The company has offered to pay $5.5 billion to cover some 76,000 claims, nearly all the remaining cases in federal multi-district litigation and related cases in state courts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

She has proposed fighting crime by expelling undocumented people, setting up courts with anonymous judges and making prisoners work for their food.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

The South African government has rejected the petition as "opportunistic", saying it does not meet the ICC's legal threshold and that its own courts are capable of addressing such cases.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Movements argue about the Constitution, organize around it, and sometimes make claims powerful enough that courts later recognize them as law.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Already the gates of the east glowed purple, and Dawn had opened her courts full of rosy light.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton