Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blue laws
Noun
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This could be because the leader themselves is emotionally reactive and people are just parroting what is modeled, or because there are no ground rules for conversations and no consequences given for lashing out.—
Blair Glaser,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026 -
Instead, White suggests talking about things in advance and setting some ground rules.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Will remain in place under fully approved and tested alternative legal statutes and they have been tested for a long time.—
February 25,
NPR,
25 Feb. 2026
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Moss had argued that the subpoena, which cited statutes related to civil immigration enforcement, was intended solely to fuel deportations.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
25 Feb. 2026
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Tim Roberts, president of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, said the case highlights the problems with creating retrospective laws – in this case, one to protect children who are being grilled by police.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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The law eliminated two decades-old laws − the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) − that reduced Social Security benefits for a portion of retirees who received pension income.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Look into your local ordinances or homeowner association rules to determine whether specific regulations govern pet waste or property boundaries.—
Gary Singer,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2026
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Several cities such as Memphis, Honolulu and Seattle have passed ordinances to allow single stairs in some residential buildings.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Denizens on the southside of Atlanta will be able to take in a wide variety of concert acts at the Fred Amphitheater this spring and summer covering multiple decades and genres.—
Rodney Ho,
AJC.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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The annual idobi Radio Summer School Tour, which spotlights emerging pop punk and indie acts, is hitting the road again for its third year, kicking off in Southern California.—
Charlie Vargas,
Daily News,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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After all, Moses famously spent 40 days and 40 nights alone on Mount Sinai before receiving the 10 commandments from God, and Buddha meditated for 49 days under a Bodhi tree before reaching enlightenment.—
Hannah Towey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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The Sefer HaChinuch explains that these commandments are meant to cultivate rachamim (compassion) by training the heart through action.—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Instead, in order to protect their identities, their words are read aloud during re-enactments by powerhouse actresses such as Emma Thompson (who squeezes herself beneath an axle) and Kate Dickie (performing, as the nurse, on all fours on Kenmure Street itself).—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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Director Mohammed Ali Naqvi’s film uses drone footage and re-enactments to tell the story of eight passengers dangling from a cable car over a ravine after a wire snaps.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2026
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Beloved ’s revenant defies the dictates of realism according to which a character is a bounded individual.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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Local control ensures that voting reflects the needs of the community, not the dictates of a federal bureaucracy.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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