policies

plural of policy

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of policies Some large police departments have vehicle-pursuit policies with guidelines for when deadly force is appropriate. Nick Miroff, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026 Breaking that cycle means advancing pro-growth policies that create the conditions for businesses to invest, expand and hire here. Jack Lavin, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026 Both policies would increase energy supply, create jobs, and lower prices. Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 9 July 2026 Instead of ever more government spending, the best way to make homes more affordable is to repeal the policies unique to the state that make California’s housing market the least affordable in the nation. Wayne Winegarden, Oc Register, 9 July 2026 Nelson Wiseman, a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, highlighted the practical side of Carney's policies. ABC News, 9 July 2026 Hugging Face’s LeRobot is an open-source robotics library for training, running, and sharing robot datasets, AI models, policies, and development workflows. Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026 Analysts say his upbringing and his time as mayor of Greater Manchester — which prides itself as the world's birthplace of the working class, during the Industrial Revolution — have shaped his national policies. Lauren Frayer, NPR, 9 July 2026 Tibetans have also previously committed acts of self-immolation in protest against Beijing's policies in Tibet and nearby regions with large Tibetan populations. Kanishka Singh, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for policies
procedures
Noun
  • Today, the industry has evolved well beyond those traditional procedures.
    Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • The hotel served as a processing center where deported Venezuelans underwent criminal background checks, fingerprinting and procedures related to their identity documents.
    Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026

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“Policies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/policies. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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