statutory

Definition of statutorynext

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Recent Examples of statutory The plaintiffs are seeking class-action status for the lawsuit, statutory and punitive damages and for Suno to be prevented from capturing and monetizing artists’ identities. Corbin Bolies, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026 Federal judges blocked that effort in June 2026, saying the Education Department was overstepping its statutory authority, but the department has appealed. Maya Benjamin,dan Avery, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 Taxpayers may qualify for relief due to a good compliance history, reasonable cause, or a statutory exception. Jamela Adam, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 The commission and its inspectors general would have full independent statutory subpoena power to compel documents and testimony during investigations, an independent budget and independent authority to release reports after finding wrongdoing. Collin Corbett, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for statutory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for statutory
Adjective
  • Ken Paxton is a strong conservative who is going to fight for low taxes, low regulations, lots of jobs, to secure the border, to support law enforcement, to protect our constitutional rights.
    NBC news, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026
  • That is because the ruling was technical, and not based on the constitutionality of the president’s order, said Leslie Gielow Jacobs, a constitutional scholar at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Potassium is a mineral your body needs for proper heart and muscle function.
    Zia Sherrell, HEALTH, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Bailey, who also serves as Bank of England governor, warned about the absence of proper guardrails around the technology, underscored by recent incidents in which frontier AI models being tested went rogue.
    Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026

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“Statutory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/statutory. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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