Thesaurus results for BYLAWS

bylaws

noun

plural of bylaw

as in regulations

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 bylaws The board’s bylaws call for three committees focused on student success, operations and finance, but none has been formally established. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 Beard is fashioning a Ted out of paper clips when Roy comes to release him for violating the comportment bylaws. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 The league’s current collective-bargaining agreement—the bylaws that set guidelines for payroll, player movement, and the on-field rules—is set to expire just before midnight on December 1st. — Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026 The irony is those same colleges are NCAA members, meaning they’re contractually bound to follow NCAA bylaws that athletes challenge in court. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Democrats are poised to start their 2028 presidential primary in South Carolina, after the Democratic National Committee’s rules and bylaws committee recommended keeping the state at the front of their calendar. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 24 July 2026 The Democratic Party’s powerful rules and bylaws committee, meeting July 24, chose Nevada to go after South Carolina, freezing traditional first-in-the-nation state New Hampshire out of the top two slots. — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 24 July 2026 Sankey’s point is conferences have always had their own bylaws and rules, and even enforcement. — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 21 July 2026 The conference was trying to preserve its ability to use the league's bylaws for possible sanctions against Texas Tech had Sorsby played this season. — ABC News, 7 July 2026

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Noun

In neighboring New Jersey, new regulations require e-bike riders to be at least 15 and obtain a license and vehicle registration.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
What happens there remains to be seen but, even if the EFL sees off that legal threat, this is far from the end of the organisation’s work on financial regulations — especially in the bottom two divisions.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of regulations

Noun

The question for several speakers was not necessarily whether data centers should exist in Marietta, but what rules should govern them.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
New federal rules are creating issues for states The federal rules in question were first proposed last year and were finalized in May.

— P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of rules

Noun

For these shoppers, switching to a card or digital wallet may not be a simple alternative, hence the existence of cash-payment laws.

— Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Jim Zouras, a Chicago attorney who’s represented people in hundreds of Illinois privacy lawsuits, said the state has constructed many new data centers since enacting its privacy laws.

— John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026