federal case

noun

: big deal
don't make a federal case out of it

Examples of federal case in a Sentence

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The federal case against the Turkish Tufts graduate student arrested last month by ICE agents while walking down the sidewalk has been transferred to Vermont from Massachusetts. Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2025 Prosecutors – in federal cases, overseen by the attorney general – have a lot of discretion about whether to pursue the death penalty. Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025 President Trump, who oversaw an unprecedented run of executions at the end of his first term, signed an executive order on his first day back in office on Jan. 20 that compels the Justice Department to seek the death penalty in federal cases where applicable. Michael R. Sisak and Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025 Courtesy: UnitedHealth Group Mangione, who is being held without bail, has not yet entered a plea in federal cases. Dan Mangan, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for federal case

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of federal case was in 1950

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“Federal case.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/federal%20case. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.

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