discretion
Example Sentences
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Congress took steps to delimit presidential discretion, the court said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
The index committee has discretion when choosing which companies receive places in the S&P 500, provided that the businesses meet various criteria around market capitalization and profitability.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
Even so, Muzaffar Chishti of the Migration Policy Institute said that the executive branch has vast discretion in immigration law, particularly when invoking national security justifications, and defense attorneys may face an uphill battle.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
He also told the court that Parliament had given ministers discretion over how to take such decisions once there had been an expert finding that an organisation was "concerned in terrorism".
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
She behaved as naturally, with such discretion, that she did not lose her composure, not even when Aureliano dropped the ring as he tried to put it on her finger.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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