public policy

noun

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

Examples of public policy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In that moment, Gilligan became part of a countywide trend that has remade public policy, dominated elections and cost millions upon millions of dollars. Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2024 While historically debates were confined to good-spirited discussions on public policy issues, Trump over the last two presidential cycles has deformed the tradition with uncontrolled outbursts and an avalanche of lies. Hadas Gold, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024 Advertisement Matthew Sutton, senior vice president of government affairs and public policy for the California Restaurant Assn., said in a statement that the law shouldn’t increase menu prices if it’s applied correctly. Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024 OpenAI is in advanced talks to hire Chris Lehane, a former press secretary for Al Gore’s presidential campaign and the architect of Airbnb’s public policy efforts, according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive talks. Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024 Sure, state public policy decisions have helped motivate some people to leave. George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024 Brent Joseph Evans, an associate professor of public policy and higher education at Vanderbilt’s college of education and human development, started his career as an admissions officer at the University of Virginia. Ron Lieber, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024 To be sure, Fink also praises public policy success stories for addressing retirement savings, such as Australia's system, which began in the early 1990s and requires employers to put a portion of a worker's income into a fund. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2024 Under the substitute bills, exemptions are limited to advice, opinions or recommendations about public policy or district work. Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2024

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“Public policy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20policy. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.

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