How to Use federal in a Sentence

federal

adjective

• The ruling was overturned by a federal appeals court.
• We pay federal, state, and local taxes.
• Biden has been a consistent advocate for higher federal spending.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2023
• Put differently, the Fed has opened the door to becoming a piggy bank for excessive federal spending.
  — Norbert Michel, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• The trial on federal charges is scheduled for January 2024.
  — Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
• Economists disagreed sharply about whether a federal price-gouging ban would help control price increases and, if so, to what extent that outcome would benefit the economy.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2024
• Four other former officers involved in the incident were indicted on federal charges last August.
  — Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal, 17 Jan. 2023
• The early wrangling underscores the stakes as Republicans look for aggressive ways to limit federal spending.
  — Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2023
• The city says its rules might change if the federal rules change.
  — Jen Fifield, The Arizona Republic, 19 Nov. 2021
• But a federal judge said the family had a right to the video.
  — Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2022
• Now the 72-year-old will spend two years in federal prison and was ordered to pay it all back.
  — Jen Guadarrama, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Feb. 2023
• Paradis has pleaded guilty to one count of bribery in the federal probe of the legal scheme.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023
• At the federal level, those changes were far outweighed by the rate cut.
  — Richard Rubin, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2018
• The State Department was one of nine federal agencies to sign off on the deal.
  — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 3 Nov. 2017
• Soldiers have to have a say in state and federal elections.
  — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 23 Aug. 2020
• The federal government could step in with its own plan if the states fail to reach an agreement.
  — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2022
• Dearie, 78, is a former chief federal judge in New York.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 16 Sep. 2022
• The sanctuary awaits federal and state permits to plant the buoy, anchored by weights of up to 3,000 pounds, on the lake floor.
  — John Flesher, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2023
• Costs for the project will be shared between federal, state and local funds.
  — Chabeli Herrera, miamiherald, 8 July 2018
• The state and federal courts have yet to make final rulings in those cases.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2022
• Those are just the federal lands that are open to you, your family, and your neighbors.
  — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 4 July 2024
• Texas is the subject of a federal lawsuit as a result of buoys that were placed along the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass last month.
  — Alfredo Corchado, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
• The two companies had once planned for a $3.8 billion merger, but a federal judge blocked the tie-up.
  — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
• Local, state and federal agencies have pitched in over $4.5 million for the study.
  — Emily Hopkins, Indianapolis Star, 9 July 2018
• Huizar could face up to 30 years in federal prison if convicted on all charges.
  — CBS News, 30 July 2020
• The $1 million cash prizes are subject to state and federal income tax.
  — Jackie Borchardt, The Enquirer, 20 May 2021
• That’s not to say that any federal charges are expected to end with hackers in prison.
  — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2017
• Brittany and her colleagues met with state and federal experts about how to stop the wildfire spread of the disease.
  — Melody Warnick, Woman's Day, 2 Apr. 2019
• The hearing comes after residents filed a lawsuit and asked a federal judge to halt the sweep.
  — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Aug. 2022
• The full ramifications of this call have only recently become clear, thanks to a series of court cases that culminated, this past July, in the federal appeals court in Richmond.
  — David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024