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  • present participle of police.
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policing

[puh-lee-sing] / pəˈli sɪŋ /


NOUN
law enforcement
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Axon Enterprise, the maker of Tasers and body cameras, is betting big that AI is the future of policing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

The dominance of the U.S. dollar, currently used in roughly 80% of international trade finance, has historically given Washington a big advantage in policing global business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

"This is not just a policing issue," Cunningham said.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

For platforms, the challenge is verifying identities, policing boundaries, and making sure a market built around emotional intimacy doesn’t become a regulatory liability.

From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026

By the time of Anna’s death, the informal system of citizen policing had been displaced, but vestiges of it remained, especially in places that still seemed to exist on the periphery of geography and history.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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