as in regulation
a statement spelling out the proper procedure or conduct for an activity
the club's bylaws bar any member whose annual dues remain unpaid from voting in the election
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Recent Examples of bylaw
The plaintiffs hope the suit will result in a permanent change to the state's sports bylaws.
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
On July 10, the new lineup revised a Town Council bylaw to state the board will consist of seven to 12 members (previously 13 to 23), so a quorum could be met with four to seven members present.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
The revision addressed some of the new rules stipulated in the bylaws, including lowering the number of faculty senate members from 89 to 60.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Aug. 2025
The process requires states to change their constitutions or bylaws to allow for redistricting outside of a census year, when congressional maps are typically redrawn.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 14 Aug. 2025
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
On July 10, the new lineup revised a Town Council bylaw to state the board will consist of seven to 12 members (previously 13 to 23), so a quorum could be met with four to seven members present.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
The revision addressed some of the new rules stipulated in the bylaws, including lowering the number of faculty senate members from 89 to 60.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Aug. 2025
The process requires states to change their constitutions or bylaws to allow for redistricting outside of a census year, when congressional maps are typically redrawn.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bylaw
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This was a week dedicated to the passage of several bills that would ease regulations on prominent appliances.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin framed the new steps as a move to end burdensome regulations.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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See rules for Competitive Wordle toward the end of this post.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Spanish competition’s salary limit rules basically set the amount of money teams are allowed to spend on player’s wages.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
13 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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The flag code states that the flag should fly at half-staff for 30 days following the death of a current or former president and 10 days for the death of death of the Vice President, the Chief Justice or a retired Chief Justice of the United States, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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In data science, it is applied to develop and implement robust error-correcting codes for data storage and transmission.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Bylaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bylaw. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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