How to Use public policy in a Sentence

public policy

noun
  • That’s where public policy should come in.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Good public policy can do that.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 8 May 2026
  • So that's always been at the heart of our public policy and our politics.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 18 Nov. 2025
  • This is one of the clearest public policy challenges.
    — Robert E. Buchanan, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2026
  • But as Cote explained, the law—and not just public policy—has to support a claim.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Dec. 2025
  • For research and public policy roles.
    — Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Today’s wave of success stems from a framework of public policy decades in the making.
    — Caio Delcolli, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Mahan called the rising cost of living a failure of public policy.
    — Devan Patel, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But public policy actions may also be a factor.
    — Phillip Reese, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
  • This is a problem for longevity science, and also for public policy.
    — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Like any long-standing public policy, the bottle bill continues to evolve.
    — Chuck Riegle, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Judges do not make public policy or respond to political rhetoric.
    — Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Hyde brings over 35 years of public policy experience to the role.
    — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The money shaped public policy.
    — Rob Davis, ProPublica, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The campaign for change is becoming a public policy issue.
    — ABC News, 25 May 2026
  • The campaign for change is becoming a public policy issue.
    — Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 26 May 2026
  • Profit margins for banks and card networks, and there is no compelling public policy reason to protect those.
    — Carter Dougherty, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Today on the show, Wailin and Darian go head to head to see who the bigger public policy nerd is.
    — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Here are just three efforts to effect public policy impacting older adults.
    — Helen Dennis, Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Sound public policy must weigh the detrimental impact.
    — Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
  • And those patterns could help inform future public policy around urban planning.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026
  • Tech companies have an outsized impact on public policy.
    — Olivier Sylvain, Fortune, 16 May 2026
  • That has ramifications for public policy and safety in all sorts of ways to recognize that.
    — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 11 Mar. 2026
  • But good public policy should focus on preventing illness, not just responding to it after the fact.
    — Sarah Marsicek, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
  • But Lynch has been an elite athlete, worked in real estate and public policy, and now leads a major nonprofit.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The new research could have implications for public policy.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
  • States are protecting tens of billions of dollars in casino revenues, but have also cast a public policy eye on the rise of teen gambling.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Couples who wonk out on public policy together stay together.
    — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2026
  • And the essence of democracy — public debate over public policy — would be hollowed out entirely.
    — Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
  • What was once a specialized toolset is now embedded in everything from product roadmaps to public policy and used by just about everyone.
    — Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025

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