as in procedures
a way of acting or proceeding
it's always been my policy not to spread rumors
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Recent Examples of policies
The policies proposed by the candidates range from eliminating key environmental laws to providing free childcare and college tuition.
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
States seem confident that their policies are valid.
—Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
What has not worked is slow, unpredictable permitting and policies that discourage building.
—Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
This story has been updated to include more details about the church’s new policies.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
Most jurisdictions still provide employers broad discretion to maintain workplace drug testing programs and, in many cases, zero-tolerance policies.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
While legal and compliance departments at corporations can enforce strict policies with respect to the stock exchange, massive amounts of money, time and corporate infrastructure would be required to effectively extend insider trading governance and compliance technology to prediction markets.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 22 May 2026
An economic paradigm is not a list of policies.
—Nick Hanauer, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
Longform podcast appearances have supplanted legacy television interviews as one of the main tools for the administration to get out its message, with cabinet-level officials logging hours behind microphones with friendly hosts, laying out policies and strategy with minimal confrontation.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
States seem confident that their policies are valid.
—Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
What has not worked is slow, unpredictable permitting and policies that discourage building.
—Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
This story has been updated to include more details about the church’s new policies.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
Most jurisdictions still provide employers broad discretion to maintain workplace drug testing programs and, in many cases, zero-tolerance policies.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
While legal and compliance departments at corporations can enforce strict policies with respect to the stock exchange, massive amounts of money, time and corporate infrastructure would be required to effectively extend insider trading governance and compliance technology to prediction markets.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 22 May 2026
An economic paradigm is not a list of policies.
—Nick Hanauer, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
Longform podcast appearances have supplanted legacy television interviews as one of the main tools for the administration to get out its message, with cabinet-level officials logging hours behind microphones with friendly hosts, laying out policies and strategy with minimal confrontation.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for policies
procedures
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That means clear notification procedures, credible monitoring and reliable deconfliction backed by the United Nations.—
John W.H. Denton AO,
Fortune,
6 June 2026
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Restaurants that receive more than 30 demerits are required to immediately fix the most critical violations and start corrective procedures on all the other violations within 48 hours.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2026
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“Policies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/policies. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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