public policy

noun

: government policies that affect the whole population
a study of public policy

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In the role, Delrahim will oversee all legal, regulatory, compliance and public policy matters and oversee Paramount’s Government Relations team. Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025 As the title implied, LoMonte and his collaborator, Rachel Jones, made both a legal and public policy case for why such contracts between athletes and third-parties should be disclosed. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 22 Sep. 2025 Diane Coyle, a professor of public policy at the University of Cambridge, talked to NPR’s Planet Money about it in 2022. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025 The same is true at mining sites that supply the minerals essential for AI hardware, where the extraction and refining are poisonous for the local environment, writes environmental studies and public policy scholar Sophia Kalantzakos. Michaela Rychetska, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for public policy

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“Public policy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20policy. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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