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pursuant

[per-soo-uhnt] / pərˈsu ənt /
ADJECTIVE
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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

Discovery are “temporarily enjoined and restrained from closing or consummating the transaction or taking any steps, directly or indirectly, to integrate or consolidate their operations pursuant to the transaction.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 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

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert did so through the sale of six million Concentrix shares on April 29 in a block trade pursuant to Rule 144 at a price of $22.25 per share.

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

Mrs. Colbey rejected the State's offer of a plea agreement, pursuant to which she would have gone to prison for eighteen years, because she was adamant that she had done nothing wrong.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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