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Recent Examples of statutory
If found guilty, Rinderknecht is looking at a mandatory minimum sentence of five years behind bars, and a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Without the protection of the non-statutory labor exemption, the NFL’s salary cap and other limitations on players’ earning opportunities became targets for antitrust law.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2025
In these cases, the court has struck down statutory limits on the president’s ability to remove federal officials, enabling much greater presidential control.
—Graham G. Dodds, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
The statutory language in Colorado’s conversion therapy law treats sexuality and gender identity as equally protected, parallel characteristics.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Without the protection of the non-statutory labor exemption, the NFL’s salary cap and other limitations on players’ earning opportunities became targets for antitrust law.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2025
In these cases, the court has struck down statutory limits on the president’s ability to remove federal officials, enabling much greater presidential control.
—Graham G. Dodds, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
The statutory language in Colorado’s conversion therapy law treats sexuality and gender identity as equally protected, parallel characteristics.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for statutory
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For instance, a prosecutor can violate a defendant's constitutional right to due process by knowingly presenting perjured testimony.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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His team also asked for a stay of execution and a new trial after claims that judicial officials in Anderson County, where a jury sentenced him to death in 2003, violated Roberson's constitutional rights.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC news,
9 Oct. 2025
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Democrat amendments squashed Democrats and pro-regulation groups argued the measure lacks any awareness of the common good, and prioritizes political ambitions and corporate profits over people’s lives.—
James Call,
USA TODAY,
31 Mar. 2023
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Bankman-Fried, after all, was supposed to be crypto’s good-guy wunderkind, the pro-regulation prophet who would finally lead crypto into the mainstream.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
11 Nov. 2022
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While the footage hasn't been released online yet, attendees in the room got a proper look at the return of Krysten Ritter's iconic homegrown New York hero.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Oct. 2025
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The politician may have been referring to a 2013 study of eight countries and a 2015 study based in Denmark that claimed to show a link between circumcision and autism, but they have since been strongly criticized by the medical community for their lack of proper scientific methodology.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Statutory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/statutory. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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