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courtroom

[kawrt-room, -room, kohrt-] / ˈkɔrtˌrum, -ˌrʊm, ˈkoʊrt- /




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He manages more than 300 people at the district attorney’s office and spent decades in the courtroom securing high-profile convictions — advantages that he contends outweigh his lack of civil litigation experience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

In the courtroom gallery were a number of other women who had testified against Weinstein during legal proceedings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Each crown court will have at least one courtroom especially set up to hear such cases.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

“You remember, don’t you, Mr. Cosby?” she yelled across the courtroom.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2018

“I’ve watched a ton of courtroom dramas on the telly,” he said.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Use of recording devices, including phones, isn’t generally allowed in courtrooms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 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

The data doesn’t include people detained in short-term facilities, including ICE field offices and courtrooms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Welfare offices became “job centers” and set welfare recipients to painting park benches, raking leaves and cleaning courtrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 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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