How to Use federal in a Sentence

federal

adjective

• The ruling was overturned by a federal appeals court.
• We pay federal, state, and local taxes.
• The city says its rules might change if the federal rules change.
  — Jen Fifield, The Arizona Republic, 19 Nov. 2021
• But a federal judge said the family had a right to the video.
  — Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2022
• Paradis has pleaded guilty to one count of bribery in the federal probe of the legal scheme.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023
• Soldiers have to have a say in state and federal elections.
  — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 23 Aug. 2020
• At the federal level, those changes were far outweighed by the rate cut.
  — Richard Rubin, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2018
• The federal government could step in with its own plan if the states fail to reach an agreement.
  — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2022
• The state and federal courts have yet to make final rulings in those cases.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2022
• Costs for the project will be shared between federal, state and local funds.
  — Chabeli Herrera, miamiherald, 8 July 2018
• There are many things wrong with the federal government.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 13 May 2023
• Both asked for their trials to be severed and a federal judge granted the request.
  — Heather Somerville, WSJ, 20 May 2022
• The hearing comes after residents filed a lawsuit and asked a federal judge to halt the sweep.
  — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Aug. 2022
• The federal government did nothing in response to this flagrant abuse of the polls.
  — Christopher Frear, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
• Brittany and her colleagues met with state and federal experts about how to stop the wildfire spread of the disease.
  — Melody Warnick, Woman's Day, 2 Apr. 2019
• The federal government has brought complaints to light as well.
  — Elaine Murphy, Teen Vogue, 14 Jan. 2019
• That’s not to say that any federal charges are expected to end with hackers in prison.
  — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2017
• The State Department was one of nine federal agencies to sign off on the deal.
  — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 3 Nov. 2017
• Crusius has pleaded not guilty to the state capital murder charge and the federal charges.
  — Ashley Killough, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
• Powell believes a mix of state and federal money can be used to patrol the border.
  — Gordon Dickson, star-telegram, 6 Mar. 2018
• Rogge said the district already has enough revenue in state and federal funding.
  — Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com, 3 Sep. 2020
• The federal agents came around, asking his neighbors and co-workers about him.
  — Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 12 July 2018
• There are also state and federal deadlines to pay attention to.
  — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 9 Feb. 2024
• This was good news for showing how regions can step up on their own as state and federal funding declines.
  — Amy Chance, sacbee, 9 June 2018
• In a nutshell: policing the political process is just too hard for federal judges to do.
  — Guy-Uriel E. Charles, Time, 11 July 2019
• Fitzpatrick was also the first to take the stand at Johnson’s federal trial last year.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 10 May 2022
• In addition, the federal agency has issued a reminder that youths and young adults should not vape.
  — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 10 Sep. 2019
• But Lafitte was convicted on federal charges for his role.
  — Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2023
• The federal gas tax holiday is a terrible idea whose time, once again, has come and gone.
  — Charlie Dent, CNN, 26 June 2022
• But tax policies at the federal and state level have for a generation been working to change that.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024