remit
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"It's not part of our remit to investigate individual cases," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Tuesday’s arrest has given fresh ammunition to those in the government’s ranks who had been skeptical of expanding the BND’s remit, according to a senior lawmaker for the governing coalition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Job duties depend on who you ask, but many say the remit includes building AI systems to automate marketing tasks and improving how companies show up in chatbot replies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
By the 1980s, That's Life! had expanded its remit away from basic consumer issues to take on the role of campaigner.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
There was no fear of the pattyrollers checking every black person to see if he or she had the required remit, or pass, to be out alone.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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One of his key remits was to find ways to promote attacking play.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
Those remits have typically limited the IOC’s ability or willingness to tackle host nations beyond specific sports issues like organizing events and preparing venues.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
But it could mean sharp declines in a key metric watched closely by elected official: the profits that the central bank remits to the U.S.
From Reuters ● May 27, 2022
If these assistants had smaller remits, they might be easier to build.
From The Verge ● Aug. 28, 2019
It is a known maxim, 'He that does not fulfil the conditions, falls from the benefit of it, and whoso remits the obligation of the party obliged upon condition, cannot exact it afterwards.'
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields
The policy was well designed: shipowners could have those fees remitted if they ordered a U.S.-built vessel within three years.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025
Judge Greensmith's ruling was set aside and the case was remitted to a different judge.
From BBC ● May 24, 2024
California’s gratuity law requires that tips be remitted in full to non-managerial service staff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2023
It then oversaw meal distribution, sent the state claims for reimbursement and remitted the federal funds back to its partners, according to the Justice Department.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2022
On this occasion the king released political prisoners, remitted taxes, endowed temples, forgave rebels, increased military preparedness and, in short, did all the things that modern rulers do when they wish to stay in office.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Future studies could look at whether those receiving pain treatment are receiving mental health care and whether that care is remitting symptoms.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2023
But she said existing research and treatment typically focus on the more common "relapsing remitting" form of the disease, where symptoms flare up and subside.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2023
The foundation sued PJT the following year, claiming the bank had been negligent in failing to more closely supervise Caspersen after he delayed in remitting the $8.1 million fee to the bank.
From Reuters ● Jun. 13, 2023
Just from listening to him every day, he’s by no means remitting conspiracy theories and false rhetoric on his show.
From The Verge ● Dec. 7, 2021
Buying and remitting commercial long bills is no pastime for an inexperienced man.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips
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