federal
Example Sentences
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“The president decided to back off significantly from what he said he would do,” said Erica York, vice president of federal tax policy for the Tax Foundation, a think tank.
From Barron's
Subsequent orders weakened federal workers’ labor protections External link, mandated agency reorganization External link plans, and restricted new hires External link to no more than one for every four workers who departed.
From Barron's
Nigeria's federal government described the latest release as a "moment of triumph and relief", after one of the country's worst mass kidnappings.
From BBC
Australia's federal government has also flagged a suite of reforms to gun ownership and hate speech laws, as well as a review of police and intelligence services.
From Barron's
The federal mandate applies to only a limited subset of enrollees, and Schmidt didn’t qualify, likely because she didn’t have enough chronic health conditions.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
