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promulgate

[prom-uhl-gayt] / 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

Ms. Wentz is at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, whose “core mission” is to “develop and promulgate legal techniques to combat the climate crisis and advance climate justice.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

“Jim is still trying to promulgate an interest to all youth — come to the Filipino Hall for activities,” she said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

“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

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

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

James taught that the value of a practice or policy doesn’t depend on the authority or movement that promulgates it, nor on the philosophical framework from which it derives.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2020

We daresay that, in such establishments may be found many similar opinions to those our author promulgates, though, as yet, none of our respectable publishers have been convicted of a congenial folly.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various

And yet, the new policy promulgated by Homeland Security and U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026

The director for decades, J. Edgar Hoover, had promulgated enormous abuses of the bureau.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025

The line was promulgated first by other Israelis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

With the disappearance of these two classes, orders are promulgated to pitch the tents, and march into camp at a stated hour.

From Guide to West Point, and the U.S. Military Academy by Various

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

If, then, the words have come from the Beyond, it would appear that some super-mundane intelligence has been promulgating error.

From Beyond by Henry Seward Hubbard




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