policies

plural of policy

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Recent Examples of policies The deal comes as landfill capacity constraints, corporate sustainability commitments and organics diversion policies drive greater demand for alternatives to sending food waste to landfills. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 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 First published in 1997 and regularly updated in the NCAA Sports Medicine Handbook, these policies give clear guidance on when to suspend and resume play. — Chris Vagasky, The Conversation, 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 The early 2000s brought a strong focus on educating communities about the harms of secondhand smoke and successful policies to restrict smoking in public places. — Susan Morrisey, STAT, 15 Sep. 2026 Understand the restrictions As helpful as AI price-tracking tools can be, they're limited by airline policies and fees. — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026 Although most of the migrants returned to Morocco, the government of Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni and other hawkish European leaders used the chaos in Ceuta in July to criticize the migration policies of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for policies
procedures
Noun
  • Big-box retailers run their fall reporting through corporate procedures and can be strict about timing.
    — Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Many of these procedures are referred to as vaginal rejuvenation or vaginal restoration.
    — Valerie Monroe, Allure, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Policies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/policies. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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