as in law
a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature
a local ordinance forbids all street parking during snowstorms
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Recent Examples of ordinance
If an ordinance to raise the LIT were adopted between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31 this year, taxpayers would begin seeing increases in withholding on their paychecks Oct. 1, with the county receiving the monies in 2026.
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Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Mayor of California city proposes ordinance to ban transgender women from women’s bathrooms.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2025
This is a cautionary tale about two mistakes — the first is the unintended consequences of citizen initiatives and the second is city ordinances that fail to demand good design.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, The Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2025
City officials did not immediately fulfill The Star’s request for information on how many landlords have been investigated for not complying with its ordinance, or whether any penalties have been levied for noncompliance.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
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Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Mayor of California city proposes ordinance to ban transgender women from women’s bathrooms.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2025
This is a cautionary tale about two mistakes — the first is the unintended consequences of citizen initiatives and the second is city ordinances that fail to demand good design.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, The Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2025
City officials did not immediately fulfill The Star’s request for information on how many landlords have been investigated for not complying with its ordinance, or whether any penalties have been levied for noncompliance.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordinance
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The office did not answer questions about whether any correspondence had been deleted, or how that would comply with public records laws and the city’s records retention policy.—
Julia Wick,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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This law set the nationwide dates of daylight saving time from the last Sunday in April until the last Sunday in October.—
Beth Ann Malow,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Best Music Film: A Competitive Race The Best Music Film category has honored a mix of living legends and modern acts in recent years.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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In a remarkable act of creation spurred on by the space race between America and the Soviet Union, science fiction television shows in the 1960s confidently came of age, emerging from campy low-budget offerings of space commandos amid cardboard sets and sparking rockets to more sophisticated fare.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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The bill has stalled repeatedly in Congress as opponents argue such measures are no longer needed because the country has changed since the 1960s.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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In both cases, the tariff bill isn’t large compared to total sales – but both Topgolf and Amer stocks are down the last month, 17% and 13% respectively.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
9 Mar. 2025
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With the Bitcoin Law amendments and the announced end of El Salvador bitcoin accumulation, the narrative about Bitcoin and the Central American country is under a transformation.—
Javier Bastardo,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Another amendment added in the Senate exempted a list of common rifles, some of which are used for hunting.—
Seth Klamann,
The Denver Post,
2 Mar. 2025
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The statute reflected Nevada lawmakers’ belief the NCAA unfairly went about investigating UNLV and its men’s basketball coach, Jerry Tarkanian.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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Texas’ attorney general Ken Paxton argued that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services did not have the right to classify gender dysphoria as a disability nor to rewrite the statute.—
Steven Walker,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 Feb. 2025
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But Republican Senate Minority Leader Stephen Harding said the legislation made sense.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
6 Mar. 2025
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The legislation forces ByteDance to sell the app to a non-Chinese buyer or face a nationwide ban.—
Angela Yang,
NBC News,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Ordinance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordinance. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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