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as in courtyard
an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)
the art museum boasts a glass-sided court that is filled with an array of greenery and sculpture
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as in tribunal
an assembly of persons for the administration of justice
this court is now called to order
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as in judge
a public official having authority to decide questions of law
if it please the court, I'd like to approach the bench
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as in to woo
to act so as to make (something) more likely
you're courting disaster if you keep playing with matches
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Recent Examples of court
Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2025
The clients’ own chinoiserie panels hold court with a pair of Max Ingrand wall sconces and vintage Patterson Flynn Martin chairs.
—Katherine Burns Olson, Architectural Digest, 24 Jan. 2025
Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
At a time when more corporations and media organizations seem eager to court Trump’s favor, moving Acosta to a previously unfilled shift might be viewed as a sort of kowtow.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Aside from the liens against the Colliers’ restaurants, court records show the couple owes $197,091.98 in state and federal tax liens on their personal properties.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2025
The clients’ own chinoiserie panels hold court with a pair of Max Ingrand wall sconces and vintage Patterson Flynn Martin chairs.
—Katherine Burns Olson, Architectural Digest, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
Larraín and Jolie push the same boundaries in terms of performance and their subject's legacy in Maria, which is always good for courting affection and intrigue.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
At a time when more corporations and media organizations seem eager to court Trump’s favor, moving Acosta to a previously unfilled shift might be viewed as a sort of kowtow.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for court
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Historic museums set within ornate palazzos occupy much of the city, such as Palazzo Madama, Turin’s municipal museum of ancient art, and Palazzo Reale di Torino, a 16th-century palace built for the House of Savoy.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2025
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According to Hello!, the palace deleted its initial post on X on Oct. 1 because of a minor typo.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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The building’s courtyard boasts its own economy — an ecosystem, really — where the residents are united by the effort to get by.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Kenneth Chaney, 23, is slated to be sentenced to 21 years in state prison for the May 23, 2023, shooting in the courtyard outside the library.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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In a ruling published on Thursday, the Chalons-en-Champagne administrative tribunal ordered the prefecture to reconsider the application to keep the animal and ordered the state to pay €1,500 ($1,545) in damages to the hog’s owner.—
Reuters,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025
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The tribunal accepted Sinner’s version of events as outlined above and, as such, ruled that he should not be banned but should lose his prize money, results and ranking points from Indian Wells.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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The judge canceled the initial 2020 sale of the property, but Madeira Beach continued its suit against Szczygielski again and he was still foreclosed upon the next year.—
Ben Wieder,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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For his history-making 2340 mute grab, the judges awarded Ogiwara an almost-perfect 97.33 to hand him the gold medal, almost three points ahead of his compatriot Taiga Hasegawa in second.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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But platforms seem to be wooing new users not by pretending to be a one-to-one replacement of the app, but by picking one successful aspect of TikTok and promising to do better than ByteDance’s biggest U.S. property ever could.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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The company hopes these software features, paired with a high-quality piece of hardware, will be enough to woo users across the continent away from the competition.—
Eric Zeman,
PCMAG,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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More… By hook or by crook, even with new owners Skydance bound to take over Paramount this year, there will be a fourth Sonic the Hedgehog with the studio dating it for March 19, 2027.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2025
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His agent, Andy Scott from Octagon, continued to have on-again, off-again discussions with the Colorado Avalanche dating to last summer.—
Pierre LeBrun,
The Athletic,
25 Jan. 2025
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The quadrangle between the Temples of Jupiter and Bacchus had been filled with wooden tables and stalls selling wine and sfiha, a Bekaa specialty.—
Youmna Melhem Chamieh,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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But Stiller liked pausing on the precipice of the perverse love triangle—or quadrangle—of Mark torn by two halves of his consciousness toward two women.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
18 Dec. 2024
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Wiretapped conversations on those phones led prosecutors to suspect Sarkozy and Herzog of promising magistrate Gilbert Azibert a job in Monaco in exchange for leaking information about another legal case involving Sarkozy.—
Sylvie Corbet,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Dec. 2024
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Both properties were the subject of an eviction ruling on Nov. 6 in Hamilton County where a magistrate gave Frisch’s seven days to leave.—
Alexander Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
10 Dec. 2024
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