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policies

noun

plural of policy

as in procedures

a way of acting or proceeding it's always been my policy not to spread rumors

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Recent Examples of policies The costs of corruption, a war of choice, and other policies that keep driving up prices, threaten the economic well-being of most Americans. — Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026 Vucic was known for his policies of balancing between the two, which was partly the reason why Serbia's EU bid stalled when Vucic refused to join the EU sanctions against Moscow over the war in Ukraine. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026 As PepsiCo sought greater control over KFC’s franchised restaurants, disputes with operators emerged over franchise agreements and management policies. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026 The directory assesses publicly disclosed policies and sourcing information, rather than independently verifying conditions on farms. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026 Observers say the Student List party's policies remain vague, which has some worried about Serbia's future. — Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026 When Gray Swan launched the original red-team Arena in September 2024, Fredrikson said, most AI applications were chatbots, and the models were bad at following their policies. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 The district then changed its admissions policies, factoring in the poverty levels of the schools the students attended. — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026 The information an agent needs may be distributed across systems, and understanding the situation can require following connections among people, resources, locations, policies and prior actions. — Shekhar Iyer, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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procedures

Noun

Staff need procedures for accessing essential information, recording activity, receiving updates and reconciling records afterward.

— Aliasgar Dohadwala, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Policymakers have also moved to address associated risks, with a dozen states now requiring companion chatbot operators to disclose to users that their tools are not human, and to institute crisis referral procedures.

— Ned Cooper, STAT, 26 Oct. 2026

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