How to Use consent decree in a Sentence

consent decree

noun

• The tribe is currently still bound by the rules of the consent decree.
  — oregonlive, 26 June 2023
• The sad thing was the consent decree was supposed to have ended some years ago.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2022
• And the result of the lawsuit wasn’t a law or a policy but a consent decree.
  — Definition’, Curbed, 27 Sep. 2022
• As part of the consent decree, the defendants agreed to end the use of the tournament system.
  — H. Claire Brown, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• The mayor added the consent decree means the city will not be subject to future penalties.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2022
• The folks charged with making sure the city complies with the consent decree with the Justice Department.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2022
• Only when required by a consent decree did the city start to address the problem.
  — Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2023
• Like Siletz, Grand Ronde faced the terrible choice imposed by the consent decree.
  — oregonlive, 26 June 2023
• Some of the public at the meeting spoke out against the DOJ’s potential oversight, concerned the city might rollover when the time came to sign a consent decree.
  — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 11 Jan. 2024
• The agreement would not fall under the consent decree, according to Daun.
  — Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2022
• Retaliation was one of the issues that came up with the consent decree.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 13 Dec. 2022
• Under the consent decree, AOII will waive or reimburse most fees charged to each member.
  — Fox News, 7 July 2022
• Cantrell said officers are retiring and leaving the force because of the consent decree.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2022
• As part of the consent decree, the company has agreed to three years of monitoring by a third party to ensure no minors are hired and wages are paid back.
  — Laura Strickler, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2023
• The consent decree arose from fraud charges Musk faced after tweeting that a deal had been struck with Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund to take Tesla private.
  — Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2022
• According to Sheriff Smith, the consent decree ended in 2006.
  — al, 7 Aug. 2023
• The arrangement will last for 30 months, according to a consent decree filed in a U.S. court in Indianapolis.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 27 June 2023
• That becomes the basis for a consent decree that is overseen by a federal judge and usually lasts two to five years, but sometimes longer.
  — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Oct. 2022
• That investigation could lead to a separate agreement with the city known as a consent decree.
  — Steve Karnowski, ajc, 31 Mar. 2023
• So far, the city has reached at least some level of compliance with 78% of provisions reviewed in the consent decree, but only fully complied with about 5%.
  — Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2023
• That position is no longer needed, according to the consent decree governing the GSD.
  — Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2022
• The consent decree would, though, allow the companies to offer incentives and bonuses to growers.
  — Michael Balsamo, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2022
• This, of course, is part of the federal consent decree that the Cleveland Police Department has been under for several years.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2022
• The mayor says he’s legally obligated to aid migrants because of the 1981 consent decree that guaranteed the right to shelter.
  — Hillary Chura, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2023
• Still, the consent decree can be a potent tool for overhauling law enforcement agencies.
  — Dan Simmons, New York Times, 16 June 2023
• This consent decree is a small, very specific piece of the overall puzzle for securing justice.
  — Heather Gann | [e-mail], al, 9 Dec. 2022
• Proponents of consent decrees say the roadblocks and dead ends show the settlements working as intended.
  — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2023
• The city agreed that the consent decree prohibits unlawful violent home raids that target Black and brown families after a year of legal back and forth, the statement said.
  — Paige Fry, Chicago Tribune, 17 Nov. 2022
• The city and the attorney general’s office had 60 days to negotiate a consent decree that would mandate changes to resolve the issues, the office said.
  — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 23 Sep. 2023
• The consent decree was amended and expanded until 2025.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024