instate
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Orozco noted that there have been attempts in the past to instate a fee for asylum applications, including during Trump’s first term, but it was only around $50 and never ended up materializing.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2025
Dr. Paul Winston, a physiatrist in British Columbia, said on one hand that leads to some tension because hospitals don't have a choice on whether to instate a mask policy or not.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2023
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Houston Astros know they are in for quite a fight to overtake their instate rival to win another AL West title.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
Baylor: The Bears are 79-22 against instate teams since the start of the 2011-12 season.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2023
Again instate thee in this world of woe, Would we rebel and murmur—dread offence— Against the God whose mandate bade thee go?
From Memoirs of Mrs. Rebecca Steward by T. G. (Theophilus Gould) Steward
The traffic of commercial vessels will immediately start, and considering the need for removing the technical and military obstacles, and demining by the Islamic Republic of Iran, will be instated within 30 days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
More recently, Meta and Alphabet instated dividends in 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 25, 2026
But when her daughters said they would be rooting for Kansas City on Sunday, Tumath and her husband instated a no-Swift-song rule in the house — at least for a few days.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
PIRG, told me that, with the right to repair instated, families tend to save about $382 a year off that sum.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2023
Never have I imagined such a menagerie as had magically instated itself within the erstwhile soggy and dismal four walls of our chamber.
From The Enormous Room by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings
Its parliament has now voted in favour of instating military service on a voluntary basis.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
He also thinks that companies are starting to move away from merely encouraging their workers to return, instating harder mandates instead.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
Shortly after, Cognizant informed them it was instating a mandatory work-from-the-office policy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
He also said his staff recommended waiting until Monday rather than immediately instating the ban.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2021
When Newsom signed the executive order instating the moratorium on death penalty executions, he said, "We cannot advance the death penalty in an effort to soften the blow of what happens to these victims."
From Fox News ● Sep. 5, 2021
