pursuant
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The post office would maintain its own list of people “who are enrolled with the USPS, pursuant to a process specified in the rulemaking.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
"The referee in consultation with the Grand Slam supervisor may declare a default for either a single violation of this code or pursuant to the point penalty schedule."
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026
Marshals, he was immediately transferred to ICE custody on Nov. 24, pursuant to a detainer.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025
We have a Supreme Court that not only has the power to say what the law is, pursuant to Chief Justice John Marshall and Marbury v.
From Slate • Dec. 17, 2025
Mrs. Colbey rejected the State's offer of a plea agreement, pursuant to which she would have gone to prison for eighteen years, because she was adamant that she had done nothing wrong.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing pursuant
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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