How to Use consent decree in a Sentence

consent decree

noun
Definition of consent decreenext
  • City directors continue to push for consent decree progress to be more clearly explained.
    — Max Bryan, Arkansas Online, 1 July 2021
  • Soros eventually signs a consent decree that neither admits nor denies guilt.
    — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 26 July 2021
  • Reed had said before that state court case was dismissed that the dispute was likely headed to federal court because of the consent decree.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 5 July 2021
  • This is the second consent decree in recent decades that Hamtramck has entered into regarding voting rights.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 23 July 2021
  • Regulators could take a page from the 1956 federal consent decree against Bell.
    — Bhaskar Chakravorti, Wired, 27 July 2021
  • For the last decade, the Justice Department has routinely looked to some form of civilian review as part of consent decree settlements.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 17 July 2021
  • The consent decree does not resolve all of the claims in the case.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The tribe is currently still bound by the rules of the consent decree.
    — oregonlive, 26 June 2023
  • Exxon has agreed to the terms of the consent decree and plans to close the acquisition on May 3.
    — Kevin Crowley, Fortune, 2 May 2024
  • The sad thing was the consent decree was supposed to have ended some years ago.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2022
  • And the result of the lawsuit wasn’t a law or a policy but a consent decree.
    — Definition’, Curbed, 27 Sep. 2022
  • As part of the consent decree, the defendants agreed to end the use of the tournament system.
    — H. Claire Brown, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Covenant Woods is to pay the woman the amount in full, according to a consent decree filed April 29.
    — Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 1 May 2024
  • The mayor added the consent decree means the city will not be subject to future penalties.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Meyer said the consent decree is the next step to ensure that happens.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The Colorado Department of Law and the city will have 60 days to find an agreement on a consent decree.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Philips did not respond to questions about the consent decree, which still has to be approved by a judge.
    — Michael Korsh, ProPublica, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The folks charged with making sure the city complies with the consent decree with the Justice Department.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Only when required by a consent decree did the city start to address the problem.
    — Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Like Siletz, Grand Ronde faced the terrible choice imposed by the consent decree.
    — oregonlive, 26 June 2023
  • Some of the public at the meeting spoke out against the DOJ’s potential oversight, concerned the city might rollover when the time came to sign a consent decree.
    — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The agreement would not fall under the consent decree, according to Daun.
    — Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Retaliation was one of the issues that came up with the consent decree.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The consent decree itself was reached after the death of Freddie Gray in police custody in 2015.
    — Phil Davis, baltimoresun.com, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The city and police department don’t need to wait for the planned consent decree that the two sides will negotiate, the report said.
    — Steve Karnowski, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Nathan oversees a consent decree reached in 2018 between the agency, Musk and Tesla.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 22 Feb. 2022
  • But reforms have come slower than expected and the city has struggled to meet some of the consent decree’s deadlines.
    — Don Babwin, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Now Akron has 30 days to notify the EPA of its intent to proceed with the formal dispute process as outlined in the consent decree.
    — Megan Becka, cleveland, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Under the consent decree, AOII will waive or reimburse most fees charged to each member.
    — Fox News, 7 July 2022
  • The consent decree also requires an independent monitoring team to issue reports on the department’s progress toward reform.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024

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