remit
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The figures cover those larger illegal sites for which the Environment Agency is responsible, and do not include confiscation orders for smaller fly-tipping offences, which fall under the remit of local authorities.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
A spokesperson for the Commonwealth Games said the appointment of officials was under the remit of Boxing Scotland.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
It isn’t clear if discussions around meeting frequency will fall within that panel’s remit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Food-borne illnesses spread despite the FDA’s vastly expanded remit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
There was no fear of the pattyrollers checking every black person to see if he or she had the required remit, or pass, to be out alone.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Magnus Heunicke, Denmark's acting health minister, says there are no records of when the campaign stopped, so finding that out is one of the remits of the current investigation.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2022
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
The Assembly alloweth this article, and remits the same to the Parliament.
From The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly
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
He said Dr Webberley's case "ends here" and would not be remitted to a tribunal panel for redetermination.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2023
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
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
In 1,656 patients with relapsing remitting, the relapse rate with ocrelizumab was half that of using another drug.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2016
He was more or less prompt in remitting her monthly allowance of ten rubles, and the visit to the draft and passage office had become part of the routine of his life.
From Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto by Abraham Cahan
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