peremptory
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“Don’t tell me ‘never,’” Graham laments, before bringing the meeting to a close with a gently peremptory “Do better.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
The defense was running out of peremptory challenges at that point and didn’t strike this juror.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2024
"The number of peremptory strikes are set by NY law," she noted.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2024
“If you’re going to strike everybody who’s either a Republican or a Democrat,” the judge observed at a February hearing, “you’re going to run out of peremptory challenges very quickly.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2024
This she says to the two women on the sofa, her usual peremptory rough-cut slapdash manner, and as usual she gets away with it.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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