guidelines

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In an unconventional move for a privately held entertainment company, the studio released its child development guidelines on its website Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Large international studies have found that the kidney disease drug finerenone may benefit far more patients than current treatment guidelines recommend.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Such unofficial guidelines govern all kinds of white-collar offices, but nowhere do they carry more weight than on Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

These factors, and others, convinced the judge that he could not detain the boys because the guidelines for sentencing children say that custody is a "last resort", with the priority being rehabilitation.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

But their guidelines apply only to NIH research, and they’re not legally binding.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot