STATUTORY Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

statutory

adjective

Definition of statutory

as in constitutional

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Recent Examples of statutory Jaggers told the city’s Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee on Tuesday that the study shows the current infrastructure in Crown Center meets the statutory definitions of blight and conservation to support the use of a TIF. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026 But Democrats believe that the individual stocks lack statutory authority and that the automatic enrollment could prevent savers with religious or other concerns with the stocks from opting out, House aides told Semafor. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Coloradans will decide in the November election whether the right to hunt and fish needs more than statutory protection and should also be enshrined in the state constitution. — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2026 This statutory commission would educate the public and prepare Congress to act. — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for statutory

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There are of course a whole variety of barriers to solving that problem, some structural, some constitutional, all intensely political.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Get timely insight into the cases, rulings, and constitutional questions defining America’s legal landscape.

— Washington Examiner, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of constitutional

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This should be the proper way to handle things, whenever these idiot artists decide to rant.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Among the errors cited in the August 6 report is a failure to allow proper curing (drying) time for the caulk applied to the expansion joints that separate the basin’s concrete slabs.

— News Desk, Artforum, 16 Oct. 2026

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