lawful
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On Thursday, one day before SCOTUS’s decision, Nevada Deputy Attorney General Greg D. Ott wrote to DHS that every single person of the 185 identified by DHS was, in fact, a lawful U.S. citizen.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
Rather, she’s the film’s embodiment of a lawful good, pre-programmed to fulfill her mission linearly without getting lost in the big, open world.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
In short, coordination is lawful when it creates value rather than excludes rivals or exploits consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Kent Police said the information it received "would not have prevented the lawful protest from taking place, nor the disruption experienced by the town, port and wider community".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
“We must return to them their lawful rights, assure equality of justice—and then everybody leave everybody else to hell alone. Paternalistic—we show our prejudice in our paternalism—we downgrade their dignity.”
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
Vocabulary lists containing lawful
A Just Cause: Synonyms for "Fair"
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You Are Correct! Synonyms for "Right"
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