blue laws

noun

plural of blue law
as in ground rules

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  1. ground rules
  2. statutes
  3. laws
  4. ordinances
  5. acts
  6. commandments
  7. enactments
  8. dictates
Noun
  • The White House and its allies are lonely in their insistence that AI development in America must accelerate without governments setting ground rules.
    — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House, did not elaborate.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of ground rules
Noun
  • Some defendants face additional allegations involving false claims of citizenship or fraudulent statements that rest on separate federal statutes.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In a complaint, multiple plaintiffs alleged user data from CVS digital properties was sold to advertising technology company Criteo in violation of the Federal Wiretap Act, the California Invasion of Privacy Act and other statutes.
    — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of statutes
Noun
  • Pan, a pediatrician, made national headlines while in the Legislature for leading California’s efforts to enact strict school vaccine laws.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The president and his allies have insisted that existing liability laws offer enough protections.
    — Jeff Masonand Michael Shepard Bloomberg, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of laws
Noun
  • Furr, who leaves office in November, joined Commissioner Nan Rich in voting against both ordinances.
    — Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Mother nature intended these to work together, but ordinances et al treat them as independent.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of ordinances
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  • At least 24 schools were hit by acts of vandalism or arson, Education Minister Édouard Geffray said over the weekend.
    — Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The group said the channel no longer draws from the wider pool of 800-plus comedians and instead rotates a narrower roster of comics each month, with more than 75 percent of plays going to the top 50 artists and bigger celebrity acts.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of acts
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  • This is, of course, the conception of fundamentalist theology, which threatens eternal hellfire for anyone who defies its commandments.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Wilde’s nine buttercream commandments show home bakers how to create visually striking, deeply personal cakes.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of commandments
Noun
  • The result is Ba’s Book, which mixes vérité documentary, re-enactments by family members in Vietnam and actors, as well as travelog into a heartfelt family film.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Featuring interviews from a wide range of people across the ideological spectrum, as well as top-tier acting talent for historical re-enactments, this is a prestige series that's worth checking out.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026
Definition of enactments
Noun
  • Nacua is in the final year of his rookie contract, and his on-field play dictates he be paid upward of $40 million per year.
    — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • At the heart of Wang’s vision for WWM is a model where the public dictates which stories are worth further exploration.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
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