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
Our team members volunteer on planning boards, for professional organizations like the Boston Society of Architects, on state/regional policy efforts, on parks and recreation groups, in setting open space requirements, on issues like solar bylaws that dovetail with building codes.
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Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Hogg was again thrust into the center of this internal debate after his election to vice chair was deemed to have violated DNC bylaws which encourage gender parity among the party leadership.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
An Illinois High School Association bylaw forbids that.
—Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
Members could change the bylaws during their August 2024 meeting, but the maneuver could put the DNC in the awkward spot akin to the 2016 election when the establishment backed Hillary Clinton over progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2025
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Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Hogg was again thrust into the center of this internal debate after his election to vice chair was deemed to have violated DNC bylaws which encourage gender parity among the party leadership.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
An Illinois High School Association bylaw forbids that.
—Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
Members could change the bylaws during their August 2024 meeting, but the maneuver could put the DNC in the awkward spot akin to the 2016 election when the establishment backed Hillary Clinton over progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bylaw
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Officials are encouraging air passengers to ensure bags are compliant with TSA regulations and to bring a Real ID or other acceptable identification such as a passport.—
Salvador Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Autonomous vehicle technology has been hard to commercialize, with tight regulations and heavy investments forcing many companies to give up.—
Akash Sriram,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Eventually – inevitably – a recession will occur, but the huge 2022-2024 inversion will not have predicted it by the traditional rules of interpretation.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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Older people were hit the hardest socially by COVID rules that limited or barred visits from family and friends.—
Joshua Zatulskis,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
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But Connecticut’s clean slate law does not apply to out-of-state convictions.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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Asian Americans’ outrage over a judge’s leniency in the case — the assailants received $3,000 fines and no jail time — sparked a surge of activism seeking tougher hate crime laws nationwide.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
31 May 2025
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The recovery was aided by clever mitigation measures, such as shipping autos without semiconductors for certain optional vehicle features, and rewriting code so that chips in less demand, particularly semiconductors with less memory, could be used for other features.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Players who pick a winner will receive a $200 bonus by using the banner below -- no code will be needed.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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“Bylaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bylaw. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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