construe
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And she offered a master class in how not to construe statutes.
From Salon • Jul. 16, 2024
Circuit Court of Appeals, which he said could construe the law differently, or file a fresh lawsuit in state court.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024
Against this backdrop, why, asked Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, should the Supreme Court construe a purported ambiguity as narrowly as possible?
From Slate • Oct. 2, 2023
"A second cut would display their fears more openly and indicates greater weakness; we construe a second cut as a bearish signal unless the cuts are extremely substantive."
From Reuters • May 31, 2023
"He is the King's Justice, after all. Sending other men to do his office . . . some might construe that as a grave insult."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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