pursuant
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This approval is an important first step toward opening a federally chartered trust bank that can issue USD1 pursuant to the Genius Act of 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
“The ruling also reaffirms the insurance commissioner’s broad authority over approval of automobile rates pursuant to Prop 103,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The US Marshals confirmed to the BBC that the Tates had been taken into custody, while a US Department of Justice spokesperson said the arrests were "pursuant to extradition proceedings".
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
It says the government must get an order authorizing electronic surveillance through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court under Title 1 or “a warrant issued pursuant to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure by a court.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
He caught snatches of phrases: “. . . this Honorable Branch of the Cook County Criminal Court.... now in session .... pursuant to adjournment.... the Honorable Chief Justice Alvin C. Hanley, presiding. . . .”
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing pursuant
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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