discretion

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However, if the original house was owned by the trust, the sale proceeds would legally need to go back into the trust unless the trust document gives the trustee discretion to reinvest them elsewhere.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Instead, guidelines on the way officers should exercise discretion have changed.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

“Industrial policy—the range of policy tools that governments use to shape what an economy produces rather than leave it to the discretion of markets alone—is back with a vengeance,” the bank said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

That union’s members also have authorized their union’s leaders to call a strike at their discretion.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

“Given that the sentence allows the court a pretty fair amount of discretion, I do not take your words lightly,” Judge Delucchi said.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater