How to Use on the books in a Sentence

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• That is a blue state that does not have a law on the books protecting women’s sports.
  — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
• Georgia already has a law on the books to make the change should Congress act.
  — Tia Mitchell, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
• In 1913 there were no laws on the books about all sorts of harmful things, because of course they hadn’t been invented yet.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 July 2026
• Right now, 27 states have bans on transgender athlete participation on the books.
  — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 1 July 2026
• As with other academy graduates that have been sold by Chelsea, any fee will count as straight profit on the books, which is obviously a plus.
  — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 4 July 2026
• If priorities shift, Arteta could already have a short-term answer on the books in Mikel Merino.
  — Art De Roché, New York Times, 17 July 2026
• For Kruse’s association, this is the earliest harvest on the books in the last 30 to 40 years.
  — Lizzie Kane july 24, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
• The National Sawdust show has been on the books for quite some time, and Dylan surely knew that Lage wasn’t a long-term band member.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026
• Nurse and Trouba will be in their mid-30s by the end of this decade and will still be on the books just as the Sharks’ young core is ascending and becoming more expensive.
  — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 1 July 2026
• Transgender student's Supreme Court journey Alabama Alabama has two laws on the books.
  — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 30 June 2026
• Charlotte already has a curfew on the books under the Charlotte Youth Protection Ordinance.
  — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026
• The local ordinances remain on the books, but employers are no longer required to follow their criminal history timing restrictions because state law preempts them.
  — Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
• There are these other risks, but the plans that were finished in 2025 by President Biden’s administration should remain on the books for some near term.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2026
• These are just a few of the weird traffic laws still on the books across the United States, according to Off the Record, a technology platform that helps drivers fight tickets online.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026
• Key to that determination is whether gun laws are historically consistent with laws on the books in the 18th century, when the Bill of Rights was ratified.
  — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
• The laws remain on the books, and regulations in the Federal Register, but the practical reach begins to depend on whether the government has the people and resources to enforce it.
  — Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
• According to the Cato Institute, the UK government still has close to 7,000 European laws on the books.
  — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• More than a dozen states with sports betting bans on the books have sued Kalshi and Polymarket for allegedly circumventing state laws by running unlicensed, unregulated gambling platforms.
  — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 20 July 2026
• Dean earned a three-year, $36 million contract with Las Vegas, which was beyond what the Eagles would pay with Zack Baun on the books and Campbell waiting for a starting spot.
  — Zach Berman, New York Times, 16 July 2026
• With that deal on the books, plus Carlsson’s $18 million, the team would have less than $10 million in cap space to extend Gauthier and Tyson Hinds, on top of making any other improvements.
  — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 6 July 2026
• The counties of San Mateo, Alameda, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz have non-cooperation policies or ordinances on the books.
  — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
• The Giants already have multiple long-term contracts on the books between Willy Adames, Matt Chapman, Rafael Devers and Jung Hoo Lee.
  — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 July 2026
• What's already on the books Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on June 26, 2026 in New York City.
  — Davis Giangiulio,ananya Chetia, CNBC, 9 July 2026
• Following his big-screen return with Ebenezer, the actor currently has another upcoming film appearance on the books for Day Drinker, an action-thriller film also starring Penélope Cruz that is set to premiere in 2027.
  — Eleanor Jacobs, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026
• Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Colorado, Minnesota and Maryland all have workplace heat protections on the books, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council.
  — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
• The country’s bitter local rivals, South Korea, can call upon players who are on the books at some of the world’s biggest clubs, including Paris Saint-Germain (Lee Kang-in) and Bayern Munich (Kim Min-jae), an option Japan currently doesn’t have.
  — Simon Chadwick, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026