remit
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“The way to get monetary policy right is to deliver on the remit that Congress gave us, to deliver on price stability,” Warsh told the press.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Former Chelsea and Bayern Munich boss Tuchel was given the remit to win the World Cup when he was appointed by England in 2024.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Recently, however, Rossetti’s remit had included statements on UFOs.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026
Two decades later, finding balance is his urgent remit as the chief financial officer at Anthropic in today’s blistering race to develop AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
“The lad risked the penalty to see justice done. I suggest you remit the sentence.”
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
One of his key remits was to find ways to promote attacking play.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
If these assistants had smaller remits, they might be easier to build.
From The Verge ● Aug. 28, 2019
One of the Sheila Foundation’s remits will be to support The Countess Report, which has collected data on male-female ratios in Australian art since 2008.
From The Guardian ● May 27, 2019
Airbnb also collects and remits taxes for the Greater Boise Auditorium District.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2017
It is that moderation which remits something of an incurred penalty, it is the opposite of cruelty, which is an habitual disposition to rigour.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
The policy was well designed: shipowners could have those fees remitted if they ordered a U.S.-built vessel within three years.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025
California’s gratuity law requires that tips be remitted in full to non-managerial service staff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2023
The High Court overturned the tribunal's decision, remitted it for a fresh decision to be made, and the Police Appeals Tribunal's final decision was that Sgt Flint should receive a final written warning.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2022
It then oversaw meal distribution, sent the state claims for reimbursement and remitted the federal funds back to its partners, according to the Justice Department.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2022
On this occasion the king released political prisoners, remitted taxes, endowed temples, forgave rebels, increased military preparedness and, in short, did all the things that modern rulers do when they wish to stay in office.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Future studies could look at whether those receiving pain treatment are receiving mental health care and whether that care is remitting symptoms.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2023
Nielsen told the Telegraph external-link she first had symptoms aged 13 and was diagnosed with relapsing remitting MS aged 17.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2022
Just from listening to him every day, he’s by no means remitting conspiracy theories and false rhetoric on his show.
From The Verge ● Dec. 7, 2021
Our First Amendment curtails what the government can do in terms of remitting individual speakers and provides broader protection of speech than any other nation.
From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2020
"Ja, ja," it was even so; and then, his pains remitting for a moment, he proceeded to explain, for our satisfaction, how he had become so short of the needful supplies.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various
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