How to Use policymaker in a Sentence

policymaker

noun
  • Yet the idea is holy writ at the Fed and in the minds of most policymakers.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • And policymakers around the world look likely to hold rates.
    — Gabrielle Ng, Bloomberg, 27 Apr. 2026
  • And what will be not just good for the companies, but good for the policymakers in this space.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • The détente announced this week may help make the case for policymakers to hold rates steady, many economists think.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • The only question is whether policymakers will catch up—or hold students back.
    — Jeanne Allen, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • This week, policymakers hiked the benchmark rate to a 31-year high of 1%.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • But for all that rhetoric, policymakers don’t seem to feel the urgency of a major weakness at home.
    — Dan Romito, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
  • In the meantime, what should policymakers do?
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • For decades, policymakers have searched for ways to make physicians more accountable for outcomes and costs.
    — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • At what point should policymakers conclude that the program’s core objective has been achieved?
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 25 June 2026
  • The big problem now, according to many policymakers in Asia and beyond, is that there may not be enough of us.
    — Daniel Moss, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
  • For policymakers, the crisis caused by the Iran war poses a dilemma.
    — Fabiano Maisonnave, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Early this year many Fed policymakers were worried the job market was stalling and leaned toward rate cuts.
    — Arkansas Online, 8 May 2026
  • For decades, William Darity has done the math that most policymakers won’t touch.
    — Ali Jackson-Jolley, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Some policymakers argue that prices will fall as these therapies scale, but this assumes a cost structure that does not apply.
    — William V. Padula, STAT, 8 June 2026
  • Then when the cache inevitably shrinks in bad times, the policymakers’ usual response is to essentially turn their eyes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • The central question for investors and policymakers is not whether Ukraine has assets.
    — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • High school students, business leaders and policymakers played it.
    — Maddie Stone, ProPublica, 25 June 2026
  • That said, statements by policymakers indicate that in order to list the tokens in the first place these rights need to be guaranteed.
    — Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • The challenge for policymakers will now be to sustain inflows in the face of economic threats beyond their control.
    — Ashutosh Joshi, Bloomberg, 8 June 2026
  • Many parents, policymakers, and pundits are quick to point the finger at social media and smartphones.
    — Jennifer Huddleston, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The practical lesson for policymakers is to keep two distinctions in mind.
    — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
  • And policymakers need reliable data to understand the true scale and nature of the issue on the ground.
    — Alliance Manchester Business School, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • By telegraphing their next moves, policymakers can cause those longer-term rates to change even before the Fed adjusts its own benchmark rate.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 20 June 2026
  • Because these major shifts are still ongoing, economists and policymakers alike are still trying to home in on that breakeven rate.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
  • Their app took complex data and transformed it into a user-friendly tool for the public and policymakers.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • Earle wasn’t a doctor, a policymaker, or a seasoned activist.
    — Christina Ray Stanton, Time, 2 June 2026
  • Park said policymakers should be aware of this previously unknown source of seismic hazard.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • But now that the bill is due, some policymakers are having to raise taxes, and in the worst cases, cut district budgets and lay off educators.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 3 June 2026
  • History has shown time and again that arts funding cuts rarely deliver the savings policymakers expect.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026

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