statutory

Definition of statutorynext

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Recent Examples of statutory Jaggers told the city’s Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee on Tuesday that the study shows the current infrastructure in Crown Center meets the statutory definitions of blight and conservation to support the use of a TIF. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026 But Democrats believe that the individual stocks lack statutory authority and that the automatic enrollment could prevent savers with religious or other concerns with the stocks from opting out, House aides told Semafor. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Coloradans will decide in the November election whether the right to hunt and fish needs more than statutory protection and should also be enshrined in the state constitution. — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2026 This statutory commission would educate the public and prepare Congress to act. — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for statutory
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Adjective
  • Karen Huger is sober, Wendy Osefo is fighting to reclaim her reputation, Tia’s husband is cheating on her, and Ashley Darby remains committed to the sacred constitutional right to be in everybody’s business but her own.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Parliament’s lower house dominates the legislative process, but the Senate plays an important role in passing constitutional amendments and approving Constitutional Court judges.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Proceedings kicked off Saturday with MipJunior, the kids & family prolog to Mipcom proper.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Jane Doe deserved an administration that delivered a fair and proper judicial process.
    — Jeannine Chiang, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026

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“Statutory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/statutory. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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