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Recent Examples of blue law
Paramus officials contend that blue laws are only effective when a county chooses to obey them through a citizen referendum.
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
New Jersey’s blue laws initially were far stricter and enforced statewide.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2025
Connecticut has historically followed what are known as blue laws, which restrict or prohibit certain activities on Sundays.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2025
Colby told her followers that the poster was specifically made for racier venues during a time in history when there was a lot of back-and-forth on blue laws or moral codes.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Banning alcohol sales on Sunday dates back to Prohibition-era blue laws in which religious groups sought to reserve the day for worship.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Aug. 2024
New Jersey has a strong history of upholding its blue laws, but coastal protection has been at the forefront in recent years.
—Sarah Pulliam Bailey, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Saleen Martin, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
New Jersey’s blue laws initially were far stricter and enforced statewide.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2025
Connecticut has historically followed what are known as blue laws, which restrict or prohibit certain activities on Sundays.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2025
Colby told her followers that the poster was specifically made for racier venues during a time in history when there was a lot of back-and-forth on blue laws or moral codes.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Banning alcohol sales on Sunday dates back to Prohibition-era blue laws in which religious groups sought to reserve the day for worship.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Aug. 2024
New Jersey has a strong history of upholding its blue laws, but coastal protection has been at the forefront in recent years.
—Sarah Pulliam Bailey, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blue law
Noun
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Back in 2016, Armani held a meeting to outline what would happen following his death, establishing new statutes for the group and dictating the principles that would define the future of the company.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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By statute, the amount that’s exempt from levy is determined by a formula.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The grants were allocated under President Joe Biden's signature Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, an anti-gun violence law signed after the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Aside from his signature 2021 criminal justice bill, Cooper signed legislation into law in 2020, allowing judges to reduce mandatory minimum sentences mandated by law for drug offenders.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Sep. 2025
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While Charlestown doesn’t have an official International Dark Sky designation, local lighting ordinances and regulations help keep light pollution low, making the night sky here among the clearest on the East Coast.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Sep. 2025
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The shooting led to Mayor Quinton Lucas calling for stricter parking lot security, days after a new ordinance was referred to the City Council’s Finance, Governance, and Public Safety Committee.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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Legal experts have criticized the legality and reality of Operation Restoring Justice, with former Attorney General Dominic Grieve telling The Independent that the courts would likely block the plan under British common law.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
26 Aug. 2025
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Still, the federal agents’ use of force seen in these situations is not altogether different than common law enforcement tactics, policing experts said.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
25 Aug. 2025
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The attack was widely condemned in the Middle East and beyond as an act that could escalate tensions in a region already on edge.—
Jarrett Renshaw,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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KPop Demon Hunters transforms loving your favorite artist from a hobby into an act of creation itself.—
Yvonne Kim,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Strengthening Artificial Intelligence Normalization and Diffusion By Oversight and eXperimentation Act (SANDBOX Act) directs the OSTP to create a federal sandbox program for AI within a year of enactment.—
Paulo Carvão,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Constitution expressly requires states to recognize the judicial enactments of other states' courts, and New York, unsurprisingly, is choosing to ignore that constitutional requirement.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Although a state of martial law continues, the main reason that Ukrainian society has mostly held together during the war is close cooperation among the government, private sector, civil society organizations, and citizens themselves.—
NATALIYA GUMENYUK,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Aug. 2025
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Her husband, Yoon, declared martial law in December, ostensibly as part of a nationwide campaign to root out North Korean sympathizers and anti-South Korean actors within the government.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Aug. 2025
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Publishing income sharing agreements exist among major acts in the music business, and platinum-level acts such as U2 and the Red Hot Chili Peppers built their careers by establishing royalty-sharing ground rules at an early stage, thereby avoiding costly litigation and personal conflict later on.—
Mike Alleyne,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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After reports that Prince Harry had his own list of requests to go on with the reconciliation, there are now rumors that King Charles has his own ground rules, too, for the upcoming meeting.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Blue law.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue%20law. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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