derogation

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Sugar-beet farmer Michael Sly, who has land across north Cambridgeshire and south Lincolnshire and is the chair of the NFU's sugar board, said he was "relieved" the derogation had been granted.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 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

In a series of tweets 24 hours later however, the union said it had "revoked the derogation" granted to the hospital.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2023

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