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policing

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verb

present participle of police

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of policing
Noun
But dismissing the rise in antisemitism as mere policing of speech about Israel is disingenuous and dangerous. Dafna Michaelson Jenet, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025 In the best case, Hamas cooperates with the establishment of an alternative technocratic government supported by international policing forces. Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025 Use of the military in domestic policing activities is also extremely risky for national stability. Darren Kew, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025 During the summer of 1768, a riot broke out in Boston, led by laborers, tradesmen, and sailors protesting against these unjust policing practices. Time, 9 Oct. 2025 Had deputies rushed to the scene in the minutes after the first 911 call, Mary and Ferrin may be alive today, according to policing experts. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025 Hollywood content creators have long railed against the current notice-and-takedown system of online piracy, believing that tech platforms should bear more responsibility for policing infringement. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025 Later, pharmacists began to see policing tasks as health care tasks. Elizabeth Chiarello, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025 The greater powers for police will be introduced via an addition to an existing policing law, the Public Order Act, which will need to be debated and approved in parliament before becoming law. Kara Fox, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for policing
Noun
  • That will be something worth monitoring as the series continues.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Doaa Albaz—Anadolu/Getty Images Anadolu via Getty Images—2025 Anadolu The absence of monitoring and enforcement mechanisms contributed to the failure of the 1993 Oslo Accords to deliver comprehensive peace.
    Bobby Ghosh, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Other places with strict naming laws New Zealand is not alone in having strict rules governing official names.
    Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • One challenge in terms of setting up local versions is that the rules governing how brands and advertisers can work with broadcasters differ from one country to the next.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Gallagher Trombley, the Digital Mom Media founder, worries that the helicopter parenting and the constant surveillance of our children, covert or otherwise, might have harmed an entire generation.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • From there, the artworks were shuffled all at once to a freight elevator, and then moved into the exhibition hall, which can be seen on video surveillance.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • An airport spokesperson cited county policy regulating airport communications in saying the video wouldn’t be seen at MIA.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
  • At a minimum, this means more states following Utah and California to pass laws regulating the technology, and police departments following the best practices recommended by the technology companies.
    Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The department is also in the process of updating its records management systems and updating the systems in its patrol cars.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That’s the beauty of game management.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • SpaceX was also famously involved in funding and operating the headline-grabbing Polaris Dawn crewed commercial mission in September 2024.
    Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • According to the latest industry report from the Climbing Business Journal, there were 875 climbing gyms operating across the US, Mexico, and Canada by the end of last year — more than ever before.
    Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The University of York study explains how particle interactions with dark matter could be tested through real-world observations.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Readers of this newsletter will probably be familiar with the AI scaling laws—the observation that an AI’s capabilities increase in line with the amount of (useful) data and computing power that it is trained on.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Taking over for Brady after his retirement following the 2022 season, was Mayfield, who is off to the best start of his NFL career through six games even while managing without several key offensive weapons.
    Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Most of those who shaped or even marginally influenced the events of October 7th are gone, leaving Gaza’s authority withered to the point that even managing the hostages has become paralyzingly difficult.
    Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Policing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/policing. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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