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of or relating to a federation or to its central government
A federal system of government distributes power between a country's central and regional governments. The President, Congress, and the Supreme Court are all part of the federal government of the United States.
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Recent Examples of federal
Eric Geller, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
The gang would often drive around town looking for rivals to kill, according to federal prosecutors, sometimes in broad daylight and often by luring or ambushing their victims.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
Jay Weaver Miami Herald 305-376-3446 Jay Weaver writes about federal crime at the crossroads of South Florida and Latin America.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
Trinity Metro received a $25 million federal grant for the project on Jan. 10.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Jan. 2025
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The core of the executive order is an array of mandates for protecting government networks based on lessons learned from recent major incidents—namely, the security failures of federal contractors.
—Eric Geller, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
The gang would often drive around town looking for rivals to kill, according to federal prosecutors, sometimes in broad daylight and often by luring or ambushing their victims.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
Jay Weaver Miami Herald 305-376-3446 Jay Weaver writes about federal crime at the crossroads of South Florida and Latin America.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
Trinity Metro received a $25 million federal grant for the project on Jan. 10.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Jan. 2025
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As governor, Newsom took advantage of the state’s position as the liberal antithesis to Trump to elevate his own national profile during the president-elect’s first term.Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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The woman explains that her 18-year-old son had recently transitioned and had at last received his national identity card confirming his gender.Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2025
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For more than forty years, Hoover’s G-men devoted hundreds of thousands of man hours to the threat that was Paul Robeson: debriefing informants, wiretapping phone conversations, and monitoring rallies, concerts, and plays.Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
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She is then recruited by Woody Harrelson’s shadowy G-man and tasked with rebranding NASA during the 1960s Space Race with the Soviet Union, all so that government funding can be upheld for Apollo 11’s mission to the Moon in 1969.Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2024
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All parts of this plant contains saponins, which can cause salivation, vomiting and GI upset.Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2025
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Fink acknowledged the challenges of antibodies getting to the GI tract and said the company’s actively monitoring that as part of its development process.Alex Knapp, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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You’re automatically dubbed a narc, a kiss-ass, a too-cool.Brandi California, SPIN, 1 July 2024
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The software, which would effectively act like a narc embedded on people’s iPhones, could have unintended consequences, critics said, despite Apple’s assurances that it would be used solely to stop child predators.Declan Harty, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2021
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This tracer can only be identified by Birla’s advanced laboratories in India and China, effectively eliminating the possibility of counterfeit certifications.SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
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Other posts recommend alternating buckshot rounds with normal bullets to clear the bore of plastic residue from the sleeve which may otherwise clog up the barrel, or alternating with tracer rounds to improve aiming.David Hambling, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Less than a month later, plainclothesmen arrested Nassar at a local tire store, and Munford took him into custody.Jason Schmidt, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2018
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Hustling bucks and ducking the Third Division boys, those earnest young plainclothesmen assigned to the vice squad who work out of the 17th Precinct on the East Side.Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Sep. 2017
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The team did this by projecting images indicating forward movement when the animal swished its tail.Jon Hamilton, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025
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It’s all left tail risk or extreme far right on the upside.Jesse Pound, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
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Yoon would become the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested if investigators are able to detain him.Ryan Hogg, Fortune Asia, 10 Jan. 2025
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The 30 Rock star filed a civil lawsuit against prosecutors and investigators from his previous criminal manslaughter trial in Santa Fe on Thursday.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Federal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/federal. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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