federal
Example Sentences
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It turns out the federal government is at least partly responsible for the shrinking of the domestic shrimp industry.
From Los Angeles Times
The plan would have converted a “partially performing federal loan into a near-total loss event,” he wrote in a formal complaint filed with the Energy Department’s Office of the Inspector General.
From Los Angeles Times
Former Assembly majority leader Ian Calderon, speaking at a labor forum featuring Democratic candidates in Los Angeles, said that federal agents aren’t above the law.
From Los Angeles Times
It should be expanded for state and federal offices as well.
From Salon
While it isn’t common for judges to work into their 90s, Hellerstein is part of a small group of sitting federal judges who do.
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