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ordinances

noun

plural of ordinance
as in laws
a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature a local ordinance forbids all street parking during snowstorms

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Recent Examples of ordinances The ordinances are scheduled to return to the Aurora City Council for a final vote later in September. — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 The city, however, maintains that failing to microchip or spay or neuter a dog violates city ordinances but falls short of abuse. — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026 These ordinances were proposed in light of burglaries at businesses with video gaming machines in New Lenox and across Will and Cook counties, officials said. — Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026 What Folsom proposed The City Council was considering two ordinances Tuesday that approached the issue differently. — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026 The Board of County Commissioners approved a resolution last week toward the start of a seven-hour meeting, in a unanimous, single vote that grouped together numerous ordinances. — Sharon Udasin, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026 Additionally, the law prohibits the state from overriding local ordinances limiting, prohibiting or otherwise regulating data centers. — Des Moines Register, States Newsroom, 3 Sep. 2026 Local officials said the company hasn't violated any county noise ordinances though, the outlet reported. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 The conversation shifted from tougher ordinances toward resource allocation and investing in third spaces, which are places outside of work, school or home. — Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordinances
  1. laws
  2. acts
  3. bills
  4. statutes
  5. amendments
Noun
  • Their laws prescribed the death penalty for anyone who helped a stranger; after giving bread to a poor man, Lot’s daughter was immolated on a pyre.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Friday's order aims to accelerate implementation of both laws.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of laws
Noun
  • Held at Piedmont Park in Midtown Atlanta, Shaky Knees mixes major alternative acts with indie-rock veterans and emerging artists.
    — Courtney Devores, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The Fray rose to prominence in the mid-2000s as one of the defining piano-rock acts of their era.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of acts
Noun
  • The bills prohibits agents, officers and employees of DHS or those acting under authority of the agency from conducting operations in child care facilities, school bus stops and playgrounds.
    — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The average homeowner should still expect slight increases in their county tax bills due a state rule that links taxable values to the inflation rate.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of bills
Noun
  • It has also been interpreted as prohibiting states from adopting statutes that substantially interfere with other states’ economies, a point relevant given varying state NIL laws.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Roughly two dozen countries have statutes that classify maternal infanticide as less culpable than ordinary murder; the United States recognizes no such distinction, forcing cases like Clancy’s into the contentious framework of the insanity defense.
    — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of statutes
Noun
  • That could include new signs across the entire 4,500-acre property; updated BNA Shop merchandise; shuttle bus decals, uniforms, business cards and amendments to hundreds of legal contracts, leases and other government documents.
    — Molly Davis, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
  • While McConnell has been able to vote by proxy on amendments during committee meetings, proxy votes cannot be used to advance legislation out of committee.
    — Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of amendments

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“Ordinances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordinances. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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