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charter

[chahr-ter] / ˈtʃɑr tər /




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A national charter locks in rigorous permanent supervision by the OCC, which is exactly what Congress intended when it passed the Genius Act.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The helicopter was operated by Lady Lori Kenya as a charter flight, and the cause of the crash hasn’t been determined.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

More formally known as judicial dissolution, the corporate death penalty basically happens when the government is so pissed off by the corruption or damage a corporation causes that it yanks away their charter.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

Multiple teacher/coaches at El Camino Real have been placed on administrative leave in the latest example of turmoil at the Woodland Hills charter school.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Abbey and I hid nearby, on one of the deep-sea charter boats.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

Don’t forget that charters are public schools, open to everyone, with students accepted by lottery.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

The businesses tied to outdoor leisure that are expected to benefit include golf courses, outdoor entertainment venues and providers of fishing charters.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

The comparison with other charters is imperfect as well because other charters have an opt-in admissions process and tend to attract motivated families that research their options and seek out particular schools.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

But a few charters with less clear-cut cases were not so fortunate.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

Shelly said, “I’ve known Paine since back when he and Dusty used to fish charters out of Ted’s. He was always a gentleman—your daddy, 1 mean, not Dusty.”

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit chartered by Congress to engage the public in protecting historic sites, says the ballroom project violates federal law.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Instead, the chartered bank would be able to issue and manage cryptocurrencies and digital assets.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Tens of thousands of foreigners have left the country, including Nigerians, many of whom boarded specially chartered repatriation flights.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Several buses have been chartered to transport elderly people.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

Perhaps it was the distance that separated the two schools and the fact that Permian, at a cost of $20,000 to the school district, had chartered a 737 jet to get to Marshall.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

Vessels still are likely to encounter “port congestion,” as well as chartering and scheduling disruptions, said Sean Pribyl, a maritime attorney at Holland & Knight.

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

The coalition he belongs to is chartering buses to bring protesters from across California for Monday's game and is hoping to have "40- to 50,000 people" around the stadium, he said.

From Barron's Jun. 14, 2026

Prices in both regions surged this week, along with the cost of chartering tankers to move the gas.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 2026

For example, Epstein discusses chartering a plane from Scotland for the redacted user in the chat, and offers praise for their "Oxford speech".

From BBC Nov. 14, 2025

So it was that he had joined in chartering a coach, and for the first time in a dozen years he had seen the foot-ball game.

From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Brander Matthews




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