discretion

Example Sentences

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Members of United Teachers Los Angeles have voted to give their union’s leaders the right to call a strike at their discretion.

From Los Angeles Times

The law also stipulates that schools, at their discretion, can allow additional excused absences for civic participation.

From Los Angeles Times

Another element of Core’s appeal to members, she recently told Leaders magazine, is that “we value privacy and discretion above all.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"The naval blockade is intended for cases that are vaguely defined and therefore subject to wide discretion," said the charity groups, adding the measure violated international law and rescue conventions.

From Barron's

Diageo, the distributors for Guinness, said it had kept price increases to a minimum, reflecting the rising costs in the supply chain and said retail pricing was "entirely at the discretion of the retailer/wholesaler".

From BBC