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promulgate

[prom-uhl-geyt] / ˈprɒm əlˌgeɪt /


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On Monday, government spokesperson Maud Bregeon said Macron "has decided to promulgate the law" containing the ban on phones, despite the Constitutional Council striking down its flagship provision.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

“Today’s FTC can bring civil enforcement suits against private parties, promulgate binding rules, issue final orders in administrative adjudications, and investigate potential violations of the law.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

“We can do whatever we can in government to promulgate clear and concise and effective rules, but it’s industry that’s responsible for compliance and putting those rules into effect.”

From New York Times Jul. 12, 2023

The Sisters have come a long way, but never strayed from their mission: to promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2023

He couldn’t easily promulgate it, though, because he had a tragic flaw: a severe speech impediment, perhaps a stutter.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Achieving the first goal necessitates restraint and care, both from the SEC when it promulgates a rule and from Congress when it directs the commission to mandate disclosure on a subject.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 2, 2025

According to the disclosures, the FBI usually would immediately disseminate information and provide training when the federal judiciary promulgates new legal guidance or directives.

From Washington Times Jul. 10, 2023

Race, a keen source of conflict in the stories a society promulgates about itself, raises these stakes astronomically.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 20, 2021

That will come when the E.P.A. officially promulgates a proposed new rule, possibly later this year.

From New York Times Jun. 9, 2021

In the midst of thunder and lightning he promulgates his laws.

From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France

Thomas Malthus promulgated the theory that population would grow at a faster rate than the means to support that population could, and so there would have to be ways to reduce population in unpleasant ways.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Nearly 150 members of Congress — including more than a dozen Republicans — wrote a letter the day after the rule was promulgated expressing “disappointment” over the exclusion of post-baccalaureate nursing degrees.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

And if even one of those delicate matters falls through, the catastrophic disruption promulgated by the strait’s closure is likely to last indefinitely.

From Slate Apr. 17, 2026

These interventions were all functions of the Monroe Doctrine, first promulgated by President James Monroe in 1823.

From BBC Jan. 24, 2026

Laws of betrothal and marriage, paternal authority, tutelage, and adoption; property, contract, deposit, loan, sale, partnership, donation, and testamentary bequest,—all were elaborately promulgated by the Code of Manu in 2680 slocas.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook

It also claimed Lara did not follow regulatory protocol in promulgating the new policy.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

When reminiscing about films or promulgating his ideas on technique, Kurosawa comes across as approachable and marvelously unassuming.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

TikTok’s algorithmic For You page sure seems like it’s really good at widely promulgating the ideas from this group of hucksters.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2024

All state matters were rigorously scrutinized by Louis, and he spent hours planning troop movements, overseeing the building of roads and canals, and promulgating legal codes for France’s colonies.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

A man who has views different from those of the majority is called eccentric; if he insists on promulgating them, he is known as a crank.

From Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction by Joel Chandler Harris




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