Thesaurus results for GUIDELINES

guidelines

noun

plural of guideline

as in standards

something usually in writing that shows or tells how something should be done The government has issued new guidelines for following a healthy and balanced diet. Here are some basic guidelines for helping you choose a dishwasher.

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Recent Examples of guidelines The developers also said the property would be rented to households earning up to 30% of the area median income, a level federal housing guidelines classify as extremely low-income. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026 Does the conference punish LSU under its new guidelines that schools are not allowed to play athletes who have professional ties? — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The resort is also part of the Akumal Bay Management Plan, designed to promote responsible diving and other marine sustainability guidelines. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026 Finding relevant evidence may require searching multiple databases, reviewing individual studies, and comparing current clinical guidelines. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 If women are an important customer group for a brand, for instance, its guidelines should provide guidance about appropriate and inappropriate ways to talk about or depict women. — Sonia Thompson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The next generation of studies, guidelines, and drug trials is then built on a record that never captured the full experience in the first place. — Yulin Hswen, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026 Arizona’s Democratic Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly issued a joint statement also expressing support of the new operating guidelines. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 Dietary guidelines recommend that most adults eat less than 2,300 milligrams of sodium per day, so consuming just 10 milliliters of soy sauce amounts to nearly one-third of your daily sodium limit. — Merve Ceylan, HEALTH, 21 Aug. 2026

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Noun

By North Carolina’s historical standards, the answer should be no, but the bar has been lowered so much that a trip to a bottom-tier bowl feels like a victory.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Though the enrollment trend can be stabilizing to its balance sheet, the district is still performing well by state standards.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of standards

Noun

The new rules mandated that referees stop play for a ten-minute hydration break that allows players to drink fluids, change clothes, or shower in their locker room.

— Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
Local authorities say rules have been set by US authorities barring personnel from visiting cannabis dispensaries and taking part in watersports including jet skiing and parasailing.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of rules

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At the new packaging coalition, one lobbyist is Rachel Wagoner, the former head of CalRecycle, who helped draft, negotiate and usher in the regulations for the single-use plastics bill.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
While calling for additional regulations involving e-bikes, the chief also returned to the scene to personally thank those who helped rescue the woman.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of regulations

Noun

All fungicides should be used cautiously and according to the label instructions.

— Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2026
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have uncovered a new processor attack that can bypass defenses in Intel and AMD chips by exploiting a security gap lasting only a handful of instructions.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of instructions

Noun

Flock Safety announced some changes to its policies in mid-August after reports of misuse, including requiring officers to enter specific codes.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
Ballot envelopes would have to comply with new Postal Service rules and include bar codes.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of codes

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Its reports became known as standards, technical guides to safely design and construct a product.

— Alison J. Stein, HubSpot, 1 Sep. 2026
Content creators from across the political spectrum are making guides on the best tools to cut down Flock cameras, blasting them off poles with shotguns, and dissecting every misstep the company makes.

— Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026

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