policies

plural of policy

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Recent Examples of policies For the past few years, the addiction recovery nonprofit Shatterproof has helped about half a dozen states craft policies on kratom. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026 McGuire said the country’s murder rate is at a 126-year low and argued that falling fentanyl deaths and drug trafficking are evidence that the administration’s border and law enforcement policies are working. — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026 How Trump policies may affect bond issuers Ethics experts note that while municipal debt generally presents a more remote conflict of interest than corporate stock, concerns sharpen when federal action directly targets an issuer. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 Major cruise lines, including Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and NCL, have published policies reflecting this. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026 As confidence grows, recommendations can be checked automatically against policies and operational constraints. — Amruth Puppala, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 The low score for Missouri’s worker protections is reflected in the policies list provided by Oxfam. — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026 Views on transgender students Thomson and Moore have expressed similar positions on some issues, particularly policies involving transgender students. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026 The Jewish community in Michigan has been split, however, on El-Sayed's candidacy and his criticism of Israeli policies toward Palestinians. — Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for policies
procedures
Noun
  • In other air travel news, Boeing flagged a software glitch on some 737 Max planes that could impact certain landing procedures.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Core samples could reveal South China Sea history For the first time, the team processed and analyzed the recovered cores according to IODP procedures.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Policies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/policies. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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