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subpoena

nounCommon GRE wordMore S words

a legal order requiring someone to appear or produce evidence

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Subpoena in a sentence

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The committee issued a subpoena for the company's records.

Synonyms
summonswritcitation
Antonyms

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Reviewers noted that the novelist, once known for blank prose, had pared her sentences down until scarcely a superfluous word remained.

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Subpoena (noun) means a legal order requiring someone to appear or produce evidence
Here is subpoena used in an example sentence: "The committee issued a subpoena for the company's records."
Common synonyms for subpoena include summons, writ, citation.
Subpoena is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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