polices

verb

present tense third-person singular of police
as in governs

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for polices
  1. governs
  2. controls
  3. operates
  4. guides
  5. regulates
  6. manages
  7. conducts
  8. directs
Verb
  • The comment was a reference to the once-in-a-decade review of the BBC’s royal charter, which governs its operations and priorities.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
  • Community advocates have largely pushed for an ordinance, a local law that typically governs the actions of the general public.
    — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
Definition of governs
Verb
  • Unlike conventional infrared systems that rely on bulky mechanical components to change focus, the new design controls light electronically at the level of individual microscopic pixels.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
  • Government departments and businesses can keep using Amazon or Microsoft cloud infrastructure—but Valarian’s layer controls exactly what data leaves, who touches it, and when.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 13 July 2026
Definition of controls
Verb
  • The local federation operates a number of programs directly and supports a wide range of education, cultural, religious and security initiatives meant to strengthen the Jewish community.
    — Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2026
  • Gran Grif operates in the country’s heartland, where dozens of houses were looted and burned and during a predawn assault in March in the town of Jean-Denis in the Lower Artibonite region.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
Definition of operates
Verb
  • Shoppers can type or search for a product on the handlebar touchscreen, and the cart’s map guides them to the aisle location.
    — Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
  • Listening from the very beginning helps address any reservations and guides you toward the best way to gain their trust and confidence in your products and services.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of guides
Verb
  • The Federal Aviation Administration regulates the airspace, and drone owners are responsible for knowing and abiding by those restrictions.
    — Kelly O'Donnell, NBC news, 5 July 2026
  • The Clean Air Act is the federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources and governs air pollution.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of regulates
Verb
  • The robot manages it in under a second, using 8 to 10 wingbeats, but only within a narrow set of conditions.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 July 2026
  • Of the processes Auger manages at Fanatics, 85 percent of the decisions occur autonomously, Clark told Geekwire.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 13 July 2026
Definition of manages
Verb
  • Founded in 1999, ProCamps conducts more than 175 events each year with top professional and collegiate athletes, which will now be integrated under the FlexWork Sports brand.
    — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 3 July 2026
  • Best for wildlife control Why trust USA TODAY The USA TODAY review team conducts all research in-house and vets every company on our rankings list.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of conducts
Verb
  • Make sure every downspout directs water at least 6 feet away from the house—and even farther if possible.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 13 July 2026
  • Instead of projecting light onto a flat surface, the new method directs laser energy into a three-dimensional volume inside a photosensitive material called SU-8.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Definition of directs
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

police reporters
polices
polices (up)
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Polices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polices. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on polices

Nglish: Translation of polices for Spanish Speakers

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

The Longest Long Words List

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

The Words of the Week - Jul 17
See More

Popular

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
child-detective
Spot the Misspelled Word July 2026 Those little red underlines can't help you now...
See All