charter
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Operating under a charter signed in 1863 by president Abraham Lincoln, the prestigious Academies are independent nonprofit institutions tasked with advising the government on scientific policy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
Comptroller Jonathan Gould called these banks’ debanking policies an “unfortunate” misuse of “their government-granted charter and market power.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Set against the backdrop of the BBC's ongoing negotiations with the government over a new royal charter, the document features words such as "challenges", "financial pressures" and even "jeopardy".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
They compelled America to rewrite its founding charter.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
His dad—my Grandpa Bobby—ran a charter boat out of Haulover Marina on Miami Beach.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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The businesses tied to outdoor leisure that are expected to benefit include golf courses, outdoor entertainment venues and providers of fishing charters.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Private drivers wait at the pier to shuttle guests to snorkeling trips, cooking classes or even helicopter charters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
In “Offa: King of the Mercians,” Rory Naismith attempts to fill out the picture by relying on comments from rival kingdoms and the material evidence of coins, charters and structures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Melvoin’s stated goal is to insure that all public schools in L.A. serve their students well and that charters and district-operated schools can co-exist beneficially.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
“We like renting charters a lot better,” I say quickly.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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The report documents instances that may constitute federal wire fraud, revealing that unsuspecting private donors who intended to support the congressionally chartered foundation were apparently surreptitiously handed Freedom 250’s bank account and routing numbers instead.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The Bank of North America was chartered the next year in Philadelphia.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
A Hapag-Lloyd container ship chartered to Maersk was one of several vessels reportedly struck by Iran during the war.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
The firm was founded in 1936 and is Scotland's largest independent firm of chartered accountants and business advisers.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Successive generations of people in bunches, never seeming very well organized, have been building the MBL since it was chartered in 1888.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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Vessels still are likely to encounter “port congestion,” as well as chartering and scheduling disruptions, said Sean Pribyl, a maritime attorney at Holland & Knight.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
The coalition he belongs to is chartering buses to bring protesters from across California for Monday's game and is hoping to have "40- to 50,000 people" around the stadium, he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
The Houston-based company plans to close its Mesa Gateway Airport operation in Arizona, which served as its hub for chartering deportation flights, on Jan. 27.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
For example, Epstein discusses chartering a plane from Scotland for the redacted user in the chat, and offers praise for their "Oxford speech".
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
How good we all are, stitching at Red Cross badges, chartering ambulances, and sending the hat round at the Mansion House and elsewhere to save the surviving fittest from starvation!
From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix
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