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remit

[ri-mit, ree-mit] / rɪˈmɪt, ˈri mɪt /




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Lewis, a former boss of British grocer Tesco, was brought in to lead from the start of the year with a remit to turn things around for the group.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Effectively, Jaissle's remit will be to develop players and outperform clubs with bigger wage bills.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Listening to the prime minister's speech, he said that a proposed national care service "could give focus, but its remit needs to be confirmed".

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

The legislation vastly expanded the FDA’s remit and imposed hefty food-safety compliance burdens on hundreds of thousands of farms and food producers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

The remit was another harsh fact of life.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Magnus Heunicke, Denmark's acting health minister, says there are no records of when the campaign stopped, so finding that out is one of the remits of the current investigation.

From BBC Dec. 7, 2022

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

If these assistants had smaller remits, they might be easier to build.

From The Verge Aug. 28, 2019

One of the Sheila Foundation’s remits will be to support The Countess Report, which has collected data on male-female ratios in Australian art since 2008.

From The Guardian May 27, 2019

Brown University has over a hundred tuition scholarships and a loan fund; often remits room rent in return for services about the college buildings; requires studiousness and economy in the case of assisted students.

From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

“And the damages paid to the states should be remitted to the independent venues, promoters, festivals, and fans that have suffered under Live Nation’s monopolistic reign over the last 15 years.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 2026

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

The High Court overturned the tribunal's decision, remitted it for a fresh decision to be made, and the Police Appeals Tribunal's final decision was that Sgt Flint should receive a final written warning.

From BBC Nov. 14, 2022

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

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

"These agents use private accounts and make deductions before remitting to the government," says Michael Ango, a former government tax official who is now with private firm Andersen Tax.

From BBC Jul. 16, 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

"What! not of the money I have been remitting you?"

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various




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