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the ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters
you should have exercised greater policy in your online relationships and not divulged so much personal information
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Recent Examples of policy
Whatever your views on the policy, plummeting border crossings — paired with White House deportation plans — mean economic adjustment ahead.
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Courtenay Brown, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
Singer-songwriter Majo Aguilar delivers an anthem of Mexican pride for all her paisanos, offering a message of resilience at a time when the immigrant community in the U.S. has been directly impacted by the Trump administration’s callous policies.
—Natalia Cano, Billboard, 14 Mar. 2025
Biden was forced to embody his party's failures, but received no credit for his policy successes.
—Justin Peck / Made By History, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
The tight widescreen framing and shaky handheld shooting style amplify the stress of a situation that’s all the more potent for not trying to pin a happy ending on such an upsetting policy.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
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Courtenay Brown, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
Singer-songwriter Majo Aguilar delivers an anthem of Mexican pride for all her paisanos, offering a message of resilience at a time when the immigrant community in the U.S. has been directly impacted by the Trump administration’s callous policies.
—Natalia Cano, Billboard, 14 Mar. 2025
Biden was forced to embody his party's failures, but received no credit for his policy successes.
—Justin Peck / Made By History, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
The tight widescreen framing and shaky handheld shooting style amplify the stress of a situation that’s all the more potent for not trying to pin a happy ending on such an upsetting policy.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for policy
Noun
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Arakawa had brought the kelpie mix named Zinna home from a veterinary hospital on Feb. 9 after a procedure, Mendoza said.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2025
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Biodynamics is also proactive and adopts a similar mindset of working with the land, however, it is based on a specific set of ideas, and a fairly rigid procedure that has not been updated in 100 years.—
John Mariani,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Navigating Political and Ethical Considerations of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve By embracing bitcoin as a vital national reserve asset, the United States positions itself at the forefront of economic innovation, fiscal prudence, and visionary thinking.—
Dave Birnbaum,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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What critics of interventionism have historically sought is prudence in foreign affairs – avoiding unnecessary wars while ensuring the protection of core national interests.—
Andrew Latham,
The Conversation,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Leadership strategies that involve coercion, and emphasize punishment, don’t feel very modern.—
Chris Westfall,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Such cross subsidies have long been a part of higher education's financial strategy, under which students in classes or fields that cost less to teach generally subsidize their counterparts in courses or disciplines that cost more.—
Jon Marcus,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
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This shift is not a sign of decline but rather a maturation process that leads to wisdom—the kind of knowledge that has kept human societies thriving for millennia.—
Talia Milgrom-Elcott,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Critics question the wisdom of linking the full faith and credit of the US government to a purely speculative, highly volatile asset.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
13 Mar. 2025
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Two of the nation's elite women's gymnastics programs will compete in a dual meet on Saturday night as No. 5 Utah plays host to No. 4 UCLA.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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During the coronavirus pandemic, disruptions to supply chains and TB-prevention programs led to an uptick in infections worldwide.—
John Green,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Migraine With Aura About 25% of people with migraines experience an aura, a temporary, reversible change in their senses.—
Janelle McSwiggin, MSN,
Health,
17 Mar. 2025
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Rather than surprising the audience with the plane crash that sets off Death’s design, each iteration of the script opens with a sense of foreboding that something is wrong.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
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And so there’s an enormous amount of discretion at the front end of this process.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2025
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Berger waffled on whether the jobs were posted and a search was conducted, adding that agency heads have the discretion to hire without that.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
Orlando Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Policy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/policy. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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