tribunal

noun

trī-ˈbyü-nᵊl How to pronounce tribunal (audio)
Definition of tribunalnext
as in court
an assembly of persons for the administration of justice was tried before a military tribunal and found not guilty of the charges

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Recent Examples of tribunal Employment tribunal cases involving neurodivergent conditions rose by 95% between 2020 and 2025, including a 19% rise in the final year. — Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Based upon their replies, occupying Allied officials ranked their culpability, then tried the worst offenders — most famously in the Nuremberg trials, but also in numerous local tribunals. — Fern Schumer Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 And in 2025, a tribunal in Dhaka sentenced her to death in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity, among other charges, for her role in the crackdown during the protests. — Shamim Chowdhury, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026 The hearing will mark the first public proceeding in the court’s history after Congress created the specialized tribunal in 1996 but never used it. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for tribunal
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  1. court
  2. bench
  3. judiciary
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  • Nonetheless, the new Canada tariffs are all but certain to be challenged in court.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Trump posted on Truth Social about the former federal appellate court clerk and Princeton University and Harvard Law School graduate.
    — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
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  • Amihere was a perfect 7 of 7 from the field, Janelle Salaun and Tip Hayes scored 23 combined and the Valkyries bench accounted for 51 points.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Deep bench… LandSpace’s achievement this week follows the successful recovery of a Chinese Long March 10B booster in July.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of bench
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  • But state and county offices, courts and judiciary facilities and most public schools in Oahu, Maui and Kauai counties will reopen.
    — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • As Khodarkovsky puts it, the Russian executive was also the judiciary, a feature that lasted well into the nineteenth century.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
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