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docket

[dok-it] / ˈdɒk ɪt /


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China’s data docket is light, with Monday’s loan prime-rate announcement the sole major event of note.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

It means training dollars go to docket management and evidence law, not to programming on contested social or political questions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

When a newly confirmed district judge takes the bench, the FJC teaches him how to manage a docket, handle complex evidence and run a courtroom.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Last term, when there were both more cases and more referrals to the full court, the appeals to the shadow docket finally overtook those to the merits docket.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

The man says he’ll give us a docket for a table, two chairs, and two beds.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

Meanwhile, the internet has destroyed the local newspapers that once could send reporters into county courts to check the dockets.

From MarketWatch May 5, 2026

Conversely, his prosecutors may just dismiss more cases to clear them off their dockets.

From Slate May 5, 2026

It would be the disbandment of this investigative unit by Mr Mchunu that led to Gen Mkhwanazi's explosive briefing a fortnight ago, complaining that 121 case dockets were "gathering dust" at the national police headquarters.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2025

With more than 40 lawsuits on court dockets around the country, he told me, “it’s too early to declare that either side is going to win the ultimate battle.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2025

It’s their job to stack the bags on the float while Mr. Hannon goes to the office for the delivery dockets.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

The Georgia Court of Appeals on Monday docketed the appeals filed by nine defendants in the case, and said that “if oral argument is requested and granted” it is tentatively scheduled for Oct.

From Seattle Times Jun. 3, 2024

Court records show that Trump's appeal has been docketed and assigned a case number.

From Salon Oct. 19, 2023

A court clerk showed the indictments to Fulton County District Court Judge Robert McBurney, who briefly reviewed the papers and directed them to be docketed.

From Washington Times Aug. 14, 2023

District Court Judge Lewis A. Kaplan wrote in a ruling that was docketed Friday.

From Washington Post Mar. 11, 2022

Everything for the past twenty years docketed and outlined and complete.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

“Unfortunately, the sample working document led to the docketing of what appeared to be an indictment, but which was, in fact, only a fictitious docket sheet.”

From Washington Times Aug. 15, 2023

Justice Neil Gorsuch’s opinion for the court rejected their primary theory: that providers could sue state court judges and clerks to prevent the docketing of S.B.

From Slate Dec. 10, 2021

A calendaring notice filed in the court’s electronic docketing system did not specify charges or whether Chansley had entered a plea deal with prosecutors.

From Seattle Times Sep. 2, 2021

“This approach is compatible with the docketing requirements of the Clean Air Act,” Schiermeyer wrote.

From Washington Post May 19, 2020

I found myself automatically docketing and labelling each man as he was introduced to me, by the run of his features and by the first words that he spoke.

From The Good Soldier by Ford, Ford Madox




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