remit
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She introduces us to the Ugly Animal Preservation Society, an organization whose remit is to raise awareness and support for creatures such as the proboscis monkey and the blobfish.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Gorka can be remarkably candid and mercurial for a senior official with such a sensitive remit, according to hours of his public remarks reviewed by ProPublica.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
U.S. insurers are regulated by state commissioners, whose remit also includes home and health policies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Most of the families the BBC spoke to approached the Care Inspectorate and local authority social workers for help, but were told financial problems are not within either organisation's remit.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 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
Vocabulary lists containing remit
Send a Message: Mit and Miss
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"A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury
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Vocabulary from the Magna Carta on its 800th Anniversary
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