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noun

policy

CEFR B1

a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group

In a sentence

Six example sentences with policy, each labelled with its topic.

  • The borough now follows a policy of planting two trees for every one felled during road widening.

    Politics

  • Her personal policy was to answer no email after seven, and in four years she never broke it.

    Business

  • The park service runs a policy of letting small lightning fires burn, which keeps the undergrowth from building up.

    Environment

  • The central bank's policy of raising rates slowly was meant to cool prices without stalling hiring.

    Economics

  • The ward has a policy of two nurses checking every dose, and it has caught eleven errors this year.

    Medicine

  • The coach keeps a strict policy on phones, collecting them at the locker room door before every game.

    Basketball

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