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public policy

noun

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

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The government affairs vet will become head of public policy for the Americas, replacing Michael Beckerman. Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025 Projeto Paradiso’s work highlights that middle ground between public policy and market logic, a bridge in an otherwise fragmented ecosystem. Caio Delcolli, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2025 Today on the show, Wailin and Darian go head to head to see who the bigger public policy nerd is. Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 26 Nov. 2025 Today, there are whole fields of academia — in psychology and sociology departments, in business schools and institutions of public policy — that purport to anatomize the science of conversation, an endeavor that reminds me of an entomologist pinning a butterfly to a wall. Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 25 Nov. 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 29 Nov. 2025.

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