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violate

[vahy-uh-leyt] / ˈvaɪ əˌleɪt /




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Regulators around the world have been ramping up enforcement against social media companies that violate laws around protecting children's data, privacy and safety.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Now the Federal Trade Commission is putting companies on notice that the practice could violate consumer-protection law.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

According to interviews and internal emails reviewed by ProPublica, career staffers at the Justice Department warned that transferring voter rolls to HSI to enable it to search for noncitizen voters could violate federal privacy laws.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

The team also found that the photons displayed correlations that violate Bell's inequality.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

I consider asking Mr. Brademas to lock the library doors from the outside, but that might violate the fire code.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

District Judge Richard Leon found that the project violates a different federal law that requires express approval by Congress for the construction of any “building or structure” on federal grounds in the District of Columbia.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

When Teng feels that including a photo of dead children violates their dignity, Perlmutter chides her, insisting that their obligation is to show Americans what their tax dollars are funding.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

Earlier this year, a group of attorneys general filed suit to block Nexstar Media Group’s proposed $6.2-billion acquisition of Tegna, arguing it violates a 112-year-old U.S. antitrust law by knocking out a major competitor.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Now, there is a question of whether that law violates the Kentucky Constitution, the United States Constitution, or both constitutions.

From Slate Aug. 1, 2026

There has to be something serious, something provable, something that violates school policies, or something that violates the law.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements

Between 2016 and 2021, Evergrande and Xu as its boss "violated national laws by engaging in continuous, large-scale financial fraud and other means to inflate assets and conceal liabilities", the court said.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

In his separation agreement, Kubasik didn’t admit he violated policy or that there was a cause for termination.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

L3Harris, without providing details, said the investigation found he had violated the company’s code of conduct.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

The Lakers informed Leonard’s representatives that those requests violated the NBA collective bargaining agreement and Leonard eventually signed with the Clippers, where he played the past seven seasons.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

He was very careful about shooting the right kind of deer in the right season, and never violated the point system on ducks and upland game.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

As long as the AI companies are recycling the books after scanning them, Floreani said he doesn’t have much problem with their activities—provided they aren’t violating intellectual property rules.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

“The risk-taking can be happening in secret, and that gets into violating trust and financial infidelity,” Taylor warned.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

The lab team also worried about violating longstanding safeguards limiting use of private citizen data.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

The 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act Muehl admitted to violating prohibits hunting, harassing, capturing, or killing any marine mammal in U.S. waters, or attempting to do so.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

The penalties for violating security regulations covering information judged to be sensitive had a distinctly militaristic cast, with fines of up to $300,000 and jail terms as long as thirty years for “willful” disclosures.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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