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protocol

[proh-tuh-kawl, -kol, -kohl] / ˈproʊ təˌkɔl, -ˌkɒl, -ˌkoʊl /


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The incident raised immediate questions about the night’s security protocol.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

A successful meeting, and international diplomacy, can hinge on the slightest missed protocol, an unexpected miscue or even a bit of saliva left on a fork.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

The department said it has ordered the Bureau of Prisons to reinstate the execution protocol adopted during the first Trump administration, which relies on pentobarbital as the lethal agent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Edwards said the college was "a big rugby college" and had many students who would have gone through the WRU protocol.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Brought up in the wide-open, freewheeling society of Earth, I would never master the protocol, or the impassivity, so valued by Karhiders.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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