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policing

[puh-lee-sing] / pəˈli sɪŋ /


NOUN
law enforcement
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Such legal hurdles "risks slowing progress to the point where policing cannot keep pace with the threats we face," Rowley said.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

For platforms, the challenge is verifying identities, policing boundaries, and making sure a market built around emotional intimacy doesn’t become a regulatory liability.

From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026

Then-Mayor Rodrigo Guerrero, a Harvard-trained epidemiologist, began treating homicides as a public-health epidemic—mapping violence patterns to deploy police and social programs, a precursor to modern data-driven policing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

The Essex force has said policing the repeated protests last summer cost £1.54m.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

There will be no "policing" of students our age.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins




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