policed

past tense of police

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Verb
  • The brokerage provides the ability to trade prediction-market contracts in the US through partnerships with Kalshi and ForecastEx, which are regulated by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Former Biden administration officials issued executive orders that regulated AI in part based on concerns that AGI is on the horizon.
    Michael C. Horowitz, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Capital cases like Brown’s are governed by a unique body of law.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Or at least have the option of several lives other than their own not being governed by the vagaries of the football industry?
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Whitmer established the universal meals program when Democrats controlled both chambers of the Michigan Legislature.
    Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • As Kering and Valentino restructure, the current ownership of the couture house, controlled by Mayhoola, will not change before 2028 at the earliest — an amendment to their shareholders’ agreement, inked at the time of Kering’s acquisition of a stake in Valentino in 2023.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to aircraft tracking service FlightRadar24, the Airbus H130 helicopter operated as Reach 5 had taken off from the roof of UC Davis Medical Center just minutes before the crash.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The 130-year-old home was designed by Ferry & Clas, a Wisconsin architectural firm that operated from 1890 to 1912 and designed a wide range of historically significant buildings in Milwaukee, including the Pabst Mansion.
    Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Liverpool have not managed to string together two or three consecutive good performances.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, 35 rooms at the Civic and other shelters that CoLEAD managed sat empty as of December 2024.
    Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance survey that was conducted by the CDC is going away.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2025
  • State police shut down the freeway for about an hour and conducted a canine sweep.
    JC Reindl, Freep.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The assessment by the Washington, DC think tank outlined how Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SCNC) had directed military and civilian officials to designate successors in the event of leadership disruption to ensure continuation in the event of war.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In addition to the Wisconsin Shares increase, the budget boosted childcare spending by more than $360 million, with $110 million directed toward payments to childcare providers, while including some regulatory changes pitched by Republicans.
    Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Reuters — Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet have been guided to safety by rescuers, Chinese state media reported on Sunday, as unusually heavy precipitation including rain pummeled the Himalayas.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
  • As natural disasters erupt, Virginia flees Detroit with her son Joshua, guided by visions that suggest her child is central to an ancient prophecy.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Policed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/policed. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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