guideline
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That should be a fairly good guideline for what direction the next two years could possibly be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
How much credence a court gives to both the guideline range versus the commentary details matters a lot in a case like Beiard’s, as it can mean the difference of years worth of prison time.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026
A reasonable guideline is about a year to see the impact of a rate increase on inflation, according to Gregory Daco, chief economist at EY-Parthenon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The diagnostic process for HSD is complicated by the fact the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence does not have a dedicated, standalone clinical guideline for diagnosis.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
According to this guideline, like may be used only for resemblance to an exemplar, as in I’ll find someone like you and Poems are made by fools like me.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Medical guidelines recommend combining exercise rehabilitation with patient education after ACL surgery, yet many people receive treatment that falls short of these recommendations.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
New York has language in its DMV guidelines explicitly denying the vehicles’ registration unless they are proven to meet U.S. safety and emissions standards at the time of production—which would be essentially impossible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Since 2010, when the American Cancer Society last issued guidelines for prostate-cancer screening, the organization has emphasized that patients should talk with their doctors about whether and when to take a PSA test.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
A TikTok spokesperson pointed AFP to its community guidelines, which prohibits creators from sharing content that violate another user's intellectual property rights.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
Some federal judges, including conservative judges, have quit in protest of federal drug laws and sentencing guidelines.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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