public policy

noun

: government policies that affect the whole population
a study of public policy

Examples of public policy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In the meantime, Gossett-Seidman said, philanthropy can help make up the lost funding, supplemented by other governments such as the School Board. Benefits Arts and culture organizations, and their supporters, said there are two central reasons government funding is good public policy. Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2024 Chandler Morse, head of public policy at Workday, said the company supports AB 2930 as introduced. Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024 Lesley Turner, an associate professor of public policy at the University of Chicago, who helped craft the poll, said the survey captures a divide regarding who deserves debt relief. Jason Ma, Fortune Well, 18 June 2024 Asher Hildebrand, a professor of public policy at Duke University, explained that in the 2010s, North Carolina had policies designed to keep the judiciary above the political fray, such as nonpartisan judicial elections. Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 17 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for public policy 

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“Public policy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20policy. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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