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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
Chula Vista, Coronado, Poway, San Marcos and Santee adopted ordinances last year to prohibit e-bikes for children younger than 12, and a pilot program under Assembly Bill 2234 beefed up e-bike laws.
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Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2026
Other capital region law enforcement agencies have also taken steps to address the increase in incidents involving electric bikes and motorcycles, issuing citations or adopting local ordinances governing their use.
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
Sleeping overnight in a parked car in Fort Worth may violate the city’s parking limits or camping ordinances.
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Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
Before then, such cases were prosecuted under a patchwork of local ordinances that varied across the country.
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Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
Through these referendums, voters can weigh in on construction bans, tax incentives and zoning ordinances.
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Rachel Mural,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
City officials later asked Gefre to help rewrite local ordinances so legitimate massage businesses could get licensed more easily.
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Tyler Quattrin,
Twin Cities,
19 June 2026
Through these referendums, voters can weigh in on construction bans, tax incentives and zoning ordinances.
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Rachel Mural,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
The counties of San Mateo, Alameda, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz have non-cooperation policies or ordinances on the books.
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Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2026
Other capital region law enforcement agencies have also taken steps to address the increase in incidents involving electric bikes and motorcycles, issuing citations or adopting local ordinances governing their use.
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
Sleeping overnight in a parked car in Fort Worth may violate the city’s parking limits or camping ordinances.
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Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
Before then, such cases were prosecuted under a patchwork of local ordinances that varied across the country.
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Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
Through these referendums, voters can weigh in on construction bans, tax incentives and zoning ordinances.
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Rachel Mural,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
City officials later asked Gefre to help rewrite local ordinances so legitimate massage businesses could get licensed more easily.
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Tyler Quattrin,
Twin Cities,
19 June 2026
Through these referendums, voters can weigh in on construction bans, tax incentives and zoning ordinances.
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Rachel Mural,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
The counties of San Mateo, Alameda, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz have non-cooperation policies or ordinances on the books.
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Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordinances
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These laws apply to the jurisdiction where the bet is placed -- one of the reasons why each bettor’s mobile device must be GPS-located before a wager is placed.
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In ordering Anthropic to obtain US approval for foreign nationals to use its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick expanded the boundaries of laws governing transfers of sensitive technology to target the mere usage of cutting-edge AI models.
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Mills and Morand also highlighted more subtle acts of resistance.
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At Arista, Davis continued to work with culture-defining artists, signing acts including the Grateful Dead, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, and Annie Lennox.
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If the plant moves forward to the construction stage, the expenditures will not be recovered through local electric utility customer rates or consumer bills.
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None of those bills advanced, and the LGBTQ+ community received no additional resources to protect and defend itself.
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Uthmeier wrote the opinion in response to a question from Senator Clay Yarborough about whether existing Florida statutes require a school district to accommodate such requests.
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The statutes underneath it, ECOA aside, do not.
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There is the willful weakness of Congress, the overblown power of the Supreme Court and the improbability of new Constitutional amendments.
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When the packet goes before delegates, people can call to make amendments.
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“Ordinances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordinances. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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