BLUE LAWS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

blue laws

noun

plural of blue law

as in ground rules

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Noun

The White House and its allies are lonely in their insistence that AI development in America must accelerate without governments setting ground rules.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House, did not elaborate.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of ground rules

Noun

Meanwhile, in England and the United States and across continental Europe, statutes that punished idleness sharpened into vagrancy laws that gave police discretionary power to identify when a form of nonaction constituted criminal disorder.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
The monarch is entitled to sovereign immunity under customary international law and according to Australian statutes including the Foreign States Immunities Act 1985 and the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of statutes

Noun

Pan, a pediatrician, made national headlines while in the Legislature for leading California’s efforts to enact strict school vaccine laws.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
The president and his allies have insisted that existing liability laws offer enough protections.

— Jeff Masonand Michael Shepard Bloomberg, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of laws

Noun

Local authorities also knew about the fireworks facility but did not conduct safety inspections or ensure that the companies followed local ordinances or state hazardous materials laws.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026
The City Council on Thursday formally introduced ordinances to approve a tax increment financing plan, or TIF, to support the stadium project.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of ordinances

Noun

At least 24 schools were hit by acts of vandalism or arson, Education Minister Édouard Geffray said over the weekend.

— Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
The group said the channel no longer draws from the wider pool of 800-plus comedians and instead rotates a narrower roster of comics each month, with more than 75 percent of plays going to the top 50 artists and bigger celebrity acts.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of acts

Noun

This is, of course, the conception of fundamentalist theology, which threatens eternal hellfire for anyone who defies its commandments.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Wilde’s nine buttercream commandments show home bakers how to create visually striking, deeply personal cakes.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Definition of commandments

Noun

Through her film that moves fluidly between re-enactments and verite documentary styles, Duong crafts an emotionally-wrenching story of family division that leads to peace and healing for a father who left behind siblings in Vietnam.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Featuring interviews from a wide range of people across the ideological spectrum, as well as top-tier acting talent for historical re-enactments, this is a prestige series that's worth checking out.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026

Definition of enactments

Noun

At the heart of Wang’s vision for WWM is a model where the public dictates which stories are worth further exploration.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
The individual sensibilities of people who directed them were subordinated to dictates of the franchise.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of dictates

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