plenary
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As such, the law says, Hawaii “possesses plenary authority to determine the powers and capacities of the artificial persons it creates.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
The committee's findings will be forwarded to the House plenary for a vote, where the approval of one-third of its members is needed to forward the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate for trial.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
I think, frankly, he enjoys foreign policy because it is an area where the presidency has plenary power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
On Monday, in a speech during a plenary session of COP30, German Environment Minister Carsten Schneider struck a different tone, praising the "wonderful people of Brazil" who "captivated him with their warm hospitality."
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
But those short moments had made it all worthwhile, those moments of pure plenary abandon, when he felt as if he, and he alone, were in control of the universe of his childhood.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The meeting in Bridgetown, from Monday to Thursday, included strategy sessions and plenaries and marked the beginning of an "intercontinental campaign", the UWI said in a statement, describing it as "ground-breaking".
From Reuters ● Jul. 27, 2023
Although not unprecedented, it’s uncommon for North Korea to hold two different party plenaries in a span of two months.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2023
There were plenaries, concurrent talks, a keynote, lanyards, bag lunches, a sense of initial giddiness that gives way to acute information overload resulting in a desire never to leave your hotel room again.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2018
"They called for the talks, and then they refused to go in the plenaries."
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2014
Starters and plenaries are very rare, and usually students enter classrooms with a genuine fear of what they may be expected to achieve.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2013
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Half of a Yellow Sun
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