the court of public/world opinion
noun phrase
: the beliefs and judgment of most people
The statement was quickly condemned in the court of public opinion.
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Jamie Lee Curtis is taking her feud with Mark Zuckerberg to the court of public opinion.
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 14 May 2025
Since Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were trying to tear down court power more than a century ago, the populistic position has usually been that unelected judges have too much authority and that the court of public opinion should really be the highest in the land.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 29 Apr. 2025
The gag order that Lively’s team requested earlier this year might have helped the court of public opinion by withholding the information about the case that’s now informed and enabled how awkward press will be for the Another Simple Favor team going forward.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article After more than a month in the court of public opinion, the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni battle finally entered an actual courtroom Monday in New York.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 14 May 2025
Since Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were trying to tear down court power more than a century ago, the populistic position has usually been that unelected judges have too much authority and that the court of public opinion should really be the highest in the land.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 29 Apr. 2025
The gag order that Lively’s team requested earlier this year might have helped the court of public opinion by withholding the information about the case that’s now informed and enabled how awkward press will be for the Another Simple Favor team going forward.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article After more than a month in the court of public opinion, the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni battle finally entered an actual courtroom Monday in New York.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the court of public/world opinion
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“The court of public/world opinion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20court%20of%20public%2Fworld%20opinion. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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