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warrant

[wawr-uhnt, wor-] / ˈwɔr ənt, ˈwɒr- /




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Nottinghamshire Police has maintained throughout its evidence that if the warrant had been executed, it was unlikely to have prevented the attacks from happening.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

The company also issued a stock warrant, giving Amazon the option to purchase up to 25 million shares at $161.26 each, according to the company’s 8-K filing.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

Even so, the researchers say the results warrant further investigation into how long-term PDE5i use might affect the eyes.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

Waller’s remarks came a day after New York Fed President John Williams indicated that data so far doesn’t warrant an increase in borrowing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

The warrant officer was unimpressed by everything and never spoke at all unless it was to show irritation.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Amid all the hagiography, Obama’s record warrants some scrutiny.

From Slate Sep. 9, 2026

Two of them, including an Afghan man, are the subject of arrest warrants and will be tried in absentia.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

Republican Congressman Keith Self has proposed legislation that would require federal agencies to get warrants before accessing Flock data.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

After the IPO, tranches of warrants in SB Energy would vest based on the company reaching certain market-value milestones.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

Christina laughs, maybe a little harder than my comment warrants, but I appreciate the effort.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

The decision means the parents who spent years fighting Jones in court will receive a fraction of what the Texas jury believed his conduct warranted.

From Salon Aug. 22, 2026

The decision to hold the benchmark rate steady between 3.5% and 3.75% drew three dissents from Fed presidents who thought a rate increase was warranted.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

The company's chief executive Magda Chambriard said that the discovery confirmed that Petrobras's "optimism" of finding oil in the Brazilian Equatorial Margin had been warranted.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The evidence suggests a more cautious approach to treating these vulnerable children is warranted.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Skepticism about the claims made here is warranted.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

That would give greater cause for concern about U.K. inflation persistence, over that of weaker demand, warranting slower withdrawal of monetary-policy restriction, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

The attorney general’s office called Sable’s evasion of regulatory oversight “egregious,” warranting “substantial penalties.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 13, 2025

Some policymakers, however, “noted that, by several measures, financial conditions suggested that monetary policy may not be particularly restrictive, which they judged as warranting a cautious approach,” according to the minutes.

From Barron's Oct. 8, 2025

A five-judge panel wrote in a three-page decision that Trump’s “contention that the conclusion of trial constitutes a change in circumstances warranting termination of the remaining Restraining Order provision is unavailing.”

From Salon Aug. 1, 2024

In that sense the Society never was so much as organized, the number of branch societies not at any time warranting such a step as a general meeting of their representatives.

From Life of Father Hecker by Walter Elliott




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