federal case
Americannoun
idioms
Etymology
Origin of federal case
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Luigi Mangione who is accused of killing a health insurance boss in Manhattan may plead guilty to stalking charges in his federal case, The New York Times reported Thursday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
This all in turn muddies the water for getting accurate state and federal case counts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
They didn’t do that because they wanted to have the trappings and the veneer of making it look as if it were a real federal case.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2026
Mangione is also charged in a separate federal case, in which he has also pleaded not guilty.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
But what hope had the West Computers of making a federal case out of something so banal as a cafeteria sign?
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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