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guideline

[gahyd-lahyn] / ˈgaɪdˌlaɪn /


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That’s a guideline, as always, not a rule.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

We include recommendations for the diagnosis and management of adenomyosis in our guideline for heavy menstrual bleeding.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

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

China also recently issued a guideline advancing child-friendly development more broadly, calling for improvements in schooling, medical care, travel, sports, and recreation.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 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




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