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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blue laws
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Publishing income sharing agreements exist among major acts in the music business, and platinum-level acts such as U2 and the Red Hot Chili Peppers built their careers by establishing royalty-sharing ground rules at an early stage, thereby avoiding costly litigation and personal conflict later on.—
Mike Alleyne,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025 -
After reports that Prince Harry had his own list of requests to go on with the reconciliation, there are now rumors that King Charles has his own ground rules, too, for the upcoming meeting.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
3 Sep. 2025
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Back in 2016, Armani held a meeting to outline what would happen following his death, establishing new statutes for the group and dictating the principles that would define the future of the company.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The third amendment, set for a vote, from Wilson, modifies federal statutes related to military bases.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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Critics argued that such laws were exclusionary in a nation built on immigration.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Asma and other members of the group were taken from their Delhi homes in the evening, but that may be in contravention of Indian laws which say that women cannot be detained after sunset or before sunrise except in certain circumstances.—
Esha Mitra,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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While Charlestown doesn’t have an official International Dark Sky designation, local lighting ordinances and regulations help keep light pollution low, making the night sky here among the clearest on the East Coast.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issued an executive order and cities like Los Angeles are drafting their own ordinances to protect constituents after reports of disturbing encounters with masked agents or those who refuse to identify themselves.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Start with small acts of inclusion and put inclusion into action.—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The acts also got the chance to meet members of the royal family.—
Mark Gray,
PEOPLE,
14 Sep. 2025
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But when it was pointed out that a wall spanning our southern border violated the Bible’s commandments to welcome the stranger, the right found a brand-new way to go around Jesus.—
John Fugelsang
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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However, the issue of posting the commandments in schools first surfaced in 1980.—
Lydia Artz,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Constitution expressly requires states to recognize the judicial enactments of other states' courts, and New York, unsurprisingly, is choosing to ignore that constitutional requirement.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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These enactments survived because the Supreme Court did not extend the First Amendment to the states until 1940.—
Lydia Artz,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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The directors were given a handful of dictates.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
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This will not only strengthen the UK’s position as a global leader in life sciences but also ensure that patients across the country can benefit from the best innovations at the pace they are needed – rather than at the pace bureaucracy dictates.—
Kath Mackay,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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