discretion
Example Sentences
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While civil-rights laws prohibit banks from discrimination in connection with their lending, firms have wide discretion around whom they decide to bank.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
That led them to “reject the mandatory statutes, which they regarded as barbaric, but uphold the guided discretion approach.”
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
Committee members can use discretion when selecting which — if any — companies make the cut.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
The selection committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices has discretion when determining which eligible companies to add to the index and sometimes chooses not to make changes at the scheduled time.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
The most comprehensive studies of racial bias in the exercise of prosecutorial and judicial discretion involve the treatment of juveniles.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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