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By comparison, it is less clear how to construe Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s express but unexplained wish to grant the same petition.

From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2024

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

"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

Once he understood this, and once he could construe it as his own idea, Joe Cassano changed his mind.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

How they decide — their reasoning — might have momentous implications for how the current court construes the Constitution.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2021

What emerges on the other side of the apocalypse as “Appleseed” construes it will barely resemble what went into it.

From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2021

As in none of your business, which often construes to “she’s fine” or “doing well” or “good,” depending on who asked.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 4, 2019

The two are mirror images of a sort: one construes national identity as changeless, its rediscovery a prelude to renewed greatness; the other sees it as a product to be clarified and marketed.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 7, 2017

Those authors and editors of pamphlets and periodi- cals whose substance is made up of my publications, are morally responsible for what the law construes as crime.

From Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy

The immunity exists on a single page, signed by a single official, construed to mean whatever the current week requires.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

A Senedd spokesperson said no breach had been committed by the MS, although the BBC was told the presiding officer's comments could be construed as a final warning to all members.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

That order explicitly said that nothing in it should be construed as creating a mandatory licensing regime.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

Dabaie was asked by CNN whether the congressman’s comments can be construed as acknowledging that he cheated on his wife, while denying doing anything illegal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026

It was in this way that she had construed his answer when they parted all that time ago.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Reed next tried to convince federal courts that construing the statute that way did not comport with the fundamental fairness required by the 14th Amendment’s due process clause.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2026

In construing the meaning of an extraterrestrial dispatch, those who give it a go often try to anticipate what the message might be trying to say.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 3, 2023

So in applying this statute, the legal system isn’t just construing ambiguous language.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023

"That is consistent with construing the speech and debate argument as a limited immunity like executive privilege. It also corresponds to the most important evidence from Pence," he tweeted.

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2023

He translated fully to each group of creatures the Abbot’s message, in turn construing back to the Father Abbot their grateful thanks with pledges of help and loyalty to Redwall Abbey.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques