peremptory
Example Sentences
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It was September 2021, and the Supreme Court had just issued a late-night peremptory order declining to hear a challenge to Texas’s restrictive new abortion ban.
From New York Times
Prosecutors used peremptory challenges to remove the only two Black potential jurors, so LaMar’s case was heard by an all-white jury.
From New York Times
Analyzing the challenge of the two jurors’ dismissals, Wake Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway ruled that Clegg’s counsel had failed to establish that race was a significant factor in the peremptory strikes.
From Seattle Times
But Walker’s signature feel for contrast — including alternations between motifs that ring out and peremptory chordal bursts — is still evident.
From New York Times
Rhodes called on soldiers to refuse orders individually, or even better, organize their units to do a "peremptory refusal," to revolt.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
