guideline

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The economists considered a family earning between five times and 15 times the poverty guideline to be in the upper middle class—thus their parameters of $133,000 to $400,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

I added in the guideline that we shouldn’t sanction an editor just because they start overusing some words or speaking in what’s “seen” as an A.I.-like tone.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

M.H.S., a cardiologist and member of the guideline writing committee.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

“Never bet against America” was one of Warren Buffett’s maxims and has been a good guideline for decades.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

And Justin, taking the thread with him as a guideline, went back to search for the other six.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien