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instate

[in-steyt] / ɪnˈsteɪt /


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Orozco noted that there have been attempts in the past to instate a fee for asylum applications, including during Trump’s first term, but it was only around $50 and never ended up materializing.

From Slate Jun. 4, 2025

Neither home team has taken a lead in the first four games of the first postseason meeting between the instate AL West rivals.

From Seattle Times Oct. 19, 2023

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Houston Astros know they are in for quite a fight to overtake their instate rival to win another AL West title.

From Washington Times Jul. 4, 2023

The agreement would instate a new group within the U.N. in charge of managing ocean conservation and require detailed environmental impact assessments for all new activities on the high seas, including tourism.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2023

They expressed a cordial readiness to instate him in the position which his father had occupied.

From Alexander the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott

A recent study from the University of California, San Diego found that action had the intended effect as teen vaping dropped in the years after local bans were instated.

From The Wall Street Journal May 24, 2026

A staggering 241% tariff was instated in 1986 and remains in effect to this day, being most recently renewed on May 30, 2025.

From Salon May 6, 2026

More recently, Meta and Alphabet instated dividends in 2024.

From MarketWatch Apr. 25, 2026

But when her daughters said they would be rooting for Kansas City on Sunday, Tumath and her husband instated a no-Swift-song rule in the house — at least for a few days.

From New York Times Feb. 8, 2024

I inquired, with a view of reporting the outrage to my grandfather and having the injured person re instated in society.

From The Story of a Bad Boy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

He also thinks that companies are starting to move away from merely encouraging their workers to return, instating harder mandates instead.

From Seattle Times Jul. 20, 2023

It said it had replaced all soy sauce bottles at the targeted Gifu store, and was instating new dining rules for customers as a result of the prank.

From BBC Feb. 3, 2023

He also said his staff recommended waiting until Monday rather than immediately instating the ban.

From Washington Post Nov. 26, 2021

When Newsom signed the executive order instating the moratorium on death penalty executions, he said, "We cannot advance the death penalty in an effort to soften the blow of what happens to these victims."

From Fox News Sep. 5, 2021

She said the city cut water use during the drought by installing water meters that could enforce water restrictions, instating tariffs, and creating targeted campaigns.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2021




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