How to Use policymaking in a Sentence

policymaking

noun
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  • Twitter could be the first real-world test for checking the true power of the act, and its case will inform global policymaking.
    — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Deese has been at the center of climate and economic policymaking for over a decade.
    — Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2024
  • This is often the most difficult part of the policymaking process.
    — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Sign up The court’s turn against creative policymaking can be partially traced to the rise of the major questions doctrine.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The report offered mixed signals for the Fed ahead of its policymaking meeting next week.
    — Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Speaking as one voice, it’s thought, will guarantee these newcomers more of a say in the policymaking process.
    — Andrew Zaleski, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Chair Jerome Powell and the rest of the Fed are embroiled in a public debate over just how far the central bank should go to take account of climate issues in its policymaking.
    — Christopher Rugaber, ajc, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The promises and perils of AI have emerged as major concerns in Washington this year, but the policymaking on the matter has been fitful.
    — Tory Newmyer, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
  • The probability of a rate increase in May, at the next Fed policymaking meeting, has been veering up and down.
    — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The disparate treatment of nonunion workers calls for a new approach to federal policymaking carried out in the name of workers.
    — Desirée Leclercq, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
  • In Sweden, the government now depends on the parliamentary votes of a party with neo-Nazi roots, and has given it some sway in policymaking.
    — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 9 July 2023
  • Peaceful norms and ideas work only if democracies heed them in the policymaking process, yet they are often ignored.
    — Michael Doyle, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
  • But far from being small fish, the opinions may rejigger the balance of power among the branches of government and weaken the role of science in policymaking.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
  • Some states have come up with their own rules for the technology, and California has long been a hot spot for both driverless testing and policymaking.
    — WIRED, 26 Jan. 2023
  • In short, real policymaking authority was in the hands of noneconomists.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Grabbing a seat at the table as policymaking begins is a foremost concern for the companies making up the new coalition.
    — Andrew Zaleski, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2023
  • But the Parliament, and thus the process to select its members, is hugely important to the bloc’s economic policymaking.
    — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2024
  • At the same time, a brain trust of six leading Los Angeles scholars is working on its own set of recommendations meant to guide the council’s policymaking.
    — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • The result of that across-the-aisle policymaking: 14 million kids are currently in schools that have cops but not resources like counselors, psychologists, or even nurses.
    — Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2022
  • That turned out not to be the case: The Minneapolis Fed was looking for someone with policymaking and management experience, as well as a dash of charisma, and Kashkari was hired.
    — Michael Steinberger, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Our reporter discusses whether the decline is a result of careful policymaking, or more of a lucky accident.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 5 July 2023
  • The report rippled through the insular world of E.U. policymaking.
    — Cecilia Kang, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Now, central bankers are entering a new phase of policymaking: taking their feet off the brake by cutting interest rates multiple times this year.
    — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
  • It will be used to fund leadership programs for policymaking and public service.
    — Rana Wehbe Watson, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • His majority opinion left unclear when a state court might cross the line into policymaking.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • Hall said the disparity between groups that can or cannot afford lobbyists can make all the difference in policymaking.
    — Eye On Michigan, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2024
  • If no one can agree on the definition of AI or the possible scope of its harms, effective policymaking will be impossible.
    — Ian Bremmer and Mustafa Suleyman, Foreign Affairs, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Why has peninsular India done better and how can the divergences between the states ever be addressed in policymaking?
    — Nilakantan Rs, Quartz, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The need to address global challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change and aging populations, alongside aggressive economic policymaking, has led public leaders to support the transition from science to business.
    — Pierrick Bouffaron, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
  • There are many legitimate answers to the tradeoffs inherent in economic policymaking.
    — Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2024

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