as in regulation
a statement spelling out the proper procedure or conduct for an activity
the club's bylaws bar any member whose annual dues remain unpaid from voting in the election
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Recent Examples of bylaw
The Kennedy Center, though, cited a change in its bylaws last year that restricted voting rights of the ex officio members, which include members of Congress from both parties.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2026
Earlier this month, the school sued the conference seeking an injunction that would bar CUSA from placing Louisiana Tech on the conference’s 2026 football schedule and deem CUSA’s bylaws unenforceable, among other requests.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Town bylaws prohibit renting driveways or parking spots without a commercial parking license issued by the Select Board.
—Neal Riley, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
House Republicans investigated the matter last year and found the Hope Florida Foundation had no bylaws and didn’t submit its federal tax returns on time.
—Gray Rohrer, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2026
Earlier this month, the school sued the conference seeking an injunction that would bar CUSA from placing Louisiana Tech on the conference’s 2026 football schedule and deem CUSA’s bylaws unenforceable, among other requests.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Town bylaws prohibit renting driveways or parking spots without a commercial parking license issued by the Select Board.
—Neal Riley, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
House Republicans investigated the matter last year and found the Hope Florida Foundation had no bylaws and didn’t submit its federal tax returns on time.
—Gray Rohrer, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bylaw
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The loss, in the first of thousands of product-liability lawsuits against Meta, Google and other social networks, is the kind of black eye that often leads to an increase in government regulations.—
Kurt Wagner,
Bloomberg,
26 Mar. 2026
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But a change in state law last year forced the county to roll back its regulations.—
Mary Ramsey
March 25,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026
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Semenya, who was assigned female at birth in South Africa and has high natural testosterone levels, won a European Court of Human Rights judgment in her years-long legal challenge to track and field's rules which did not overturn them.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Sweeney Bell had a tepid response, however, to a recent controversy in which dozens of local Democrats were kicked off the ballot for breaking an Indiana Democratic Party rule.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
26 Mar. 2026
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In a March 13 reply brief, the government argued that federal law allows the attorney general to make successive 120-day interim appointments when vacancies persist.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Mar. 2026
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Following his military service, Mueller earned a law degree from the University of Virginia.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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The process runs through Transportation and Public Works, but the final decision belongs to Austin City Council, which must pass an ordinance, according to city code.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Whatever used to be fun (coding your first game, say) is replaced by something that’s not (debugging your code).—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Bylaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bylaw. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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