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a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature
a local ordinance forbids all street parking during snowstorms
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Recent Examples of ordinances
City staffers will work out details and draft the ordinances to be brought back to the City Council for a final vote, probably later this year.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Diving on public property, such as sidewalks or parks, is usually allowed unless local ordinances prohibit it.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2025
While city ordinances would classify the business as a truck stop because two of the four diesel fueling spots can accommodate tractor trailers, the facility isn’t planned to have any of the typical amenities of a truck stop like showers or even places to park tractor trailers.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
In Georgia, tegus can be trapped or killed on private property with the landowner’s permission and using legal methods under local ordinances, animal cruelty laws, and safety precautions.
—Cheryl McCloud, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
The point of such ordinances is not to rain on your fun but rather to preserve historic infrastructure or landmarks, ensure public health and safety, or protect the community peace.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Those two tractor-trailer-ready diesel fueling stations would make this gas station count as a truck stop under Aurora city ordinances, but the facility wouldn’t have any of the typical amenities of a truck stop like showers or even places to park tractor trailers.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
According to a spokesperson for the mayor, city ordinances are not made public before their introduction, but Chicagoans will be able to review the ordinance in its entirety and engage in public comment and debate once it is brought to the council floor, likely on April 16.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Illinois law sets statewide standards for wind and solar farm siting and says local ordinances cannot be more restrictive than the state standards.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Diving on public property, such as sidewalks or parks, is usually allowed unless local ordinances prohibit it.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2025
While city ordinances would classify the business as a truck stop because two of the four diesel fueling spots can accommodate tractor trailers, the facility isn’t planned to have any of the typical amenities of a truck stop like showers or even places to park tractor trailers.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
In Georgia, tegus can be trapped or killed on private property with the landowner’s permission and using legal methods under local ordinances, animal cruelty laws, and safety precautions.
—Cheryl McCloud, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
The point of such ordinances is not to rain on your fun but rather to preserve historic infrastructure or landmarks, ensure public health and safety, or protect the community peace.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Those two tractor-trailer-ready diesel fueling stations would make this gas station count as a truck stop under Aurora city ordinances, but the facility wouldn’t have any of the typical amenities of a truck stop like showers or even places to park tractor trailers.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
According to a spokesperson for the mayor, city ordinances are not made public before their introduction, but Chicagoans will be able to review the ordinance in its entirety and engage in public comment and debate once it is brought to the council floor, likely on April 16.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Illinois law sets statewide standards for wind and solar farm siting and says local ordinances cannot be more restrictive than the state standards.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordinances
Noun
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The program helps low-income households pay utility bills.—
Willie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2025
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Fortunately, there are other bills this legislative session that are promising.—
Eshan Dosani,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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As juvenile arrest rates plunged, states like California, Colorado and Vermont, all of which had laws similar to Florida’s statutes, moved away from the punitive approach of trying kids as adults.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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Grant’s actions marked the first time the federal government had declared an organized group in violation of sedition statutes since the beginning of the Civil War.—
Brittany Friedman / Made by History,
TIME,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Earlier this month, Germany’s lawmakers voted in favor of a major fiscal package, which included amendments to long-standing debt rules to allow for higher defense spending and a 500-billion-euro ($541 billion) infrastructure fund.—
Sophie Kiderlin,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2025
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In the Congress of 1991-92, Wallach noted, the Senate adopted more than sixteen hundred amendments.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Ordinances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordinances. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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