de jure

Definition of de jurenext

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Adjective
  • Rivermate manages core employment administration functions, including locally compliant employment agreements, payroll processing, tax withholding and reporting, statutory benefits administration, and employment lifecycle management.
    Kaitlyn Gomez, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The State Department will also waive any statutory requirement for American citizens to reimburse the government for travel expenses, according to the press release.
    Mariam Khan, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The Times sued the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in December, claiming the credentialing policy violates the journalists’ constitutional rights to free speech and due process.
    Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • In Michigan, supporters of voter citizenship documentation submitted 750,000 petition signatures this week in a bid to get a constitutional amendment on the November ballot.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Some of these technologies are essential for ensuring the proper functioning of the service or website and cannot be disabled, while others are optional but serve to enhance the user experience in various ways.
    Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Treating canker diseases can be difficult, but proper care and watering can help.
    Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Democrat amendments squashed Democrats and pro-regulation groups argued the measure lacks any awareness of the common good, and prioritizes political ambitions and corporate profits over people’s lives.
    James Call, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Bankman-Fried, after all, was supposed to be crypto’s good-guy wunderkind, the pro-regulation prophet who would finally lead crypto into the mainstream.
    Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2022
Adjective
  • The Pistons were without two rotation players in Caris LeVert (left wrist sprain) and Ausar Thompson (right ankle sprain) against the Heat.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Not all the time, not in a deeply debilitating way, but enough that his ongoing battle with right-knee tendinitis has become part of his tennis-playing identity — as much as his astute court acumen, steadfast competitiveness and Southern California charisma.
    Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The administration has argued in favor of gun rights in other cases, but government lawyers say this law is a justifiable restriction.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026
  • In turn, Podziemski’s game morphed from something young, fresh, and exciting into a stale loaf of bread, drawing the justifiable ire of Warriors fans everywhere.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
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“De jure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/de%20jure. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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