derogation
Example Sentences
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Due to the nature of their business, intensive farmers were permitted to apply for a derogation - permission to spread more on the land than the limits that applied elsewhere.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
The authority said it had asked for a derogation for special school staff, but this had been declined.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2024
In a letter to NHS England Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard, BMA Chairman Professor Philip Banfield said the refusal of hospitals to provide the necessary data “is fundamentally undermining the derogation process.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
Such a derogation "would enable EU operating lessors to seek authorisation to transfer ownership of aircraft formerly leased to Russian lessees or their Russian insurers," it said.
From Reuters ● Dec. 22, 2022
His remark was not intended for flippancy nor even derogation.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
