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  1. guidelines

    A guideline is a statement by which to determine a course of action. A guideline aims to streamline particular processes according to a set routine or sound practice. Guidelines may be issued by and used by any organization (governmental or private) to make the actions of its employees or divisions more predictable, and presumably of higher quality. A guideline is similar to a rule, but are legally less binding as justified deviations are possible.

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  1. guidelinesnoun

    Plural noun of the word guideline.

    The organization set the guidelines in discussion and partnership with all members to ensure unity, empowerment and agreement.


    Submitted by MaryC on November 17, 2016  

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  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'guidelines' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4072

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'guidelines' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3558

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of guidelines in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of guidelines in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of guidelines in a Sentence

  1. The NFHS:

    Iowa was indeed the first state to resume high school baseball and softball competition, effective yesterday, additionally, there were guidelines implemented to practice social distancing between fans, coaches, umpires and administrators.

  2. William Dahut:

    Even in the best of times, the number of folks who are screened is far too low, go ahead and follow the guidelines, get screened when appropriate, and the outcomes will be better.

  3. Eric Klein:

    It is simply an educated guess and nobody wants to be treated as a statistic, some docs may not be aware of the guidelines, but most patients think they are going to live forever and want to do everything they can to make that happen.

  4. Vinayak Prasad:

    So it's also a gateway for young people, the answer is it needs to be regulated. WHO has clear guidelines – to get electronic cigarettes regulated. And if you are banning it, fine, but if you aren't banning it don't let it (go) free in the market, because the young people are taking it up.

  5. Stephen Lawson.Loeffler:

    Senator Loeffler took two COVID tests on Friday morning. Her rapid test results were negative and she was cleared to attend Friday's events. She was informed later in the evening after public events on Friday that her PCR test came back positive, but she was retested Saturday morning after conferring with medical officials and those results came back inconclusive on Saturday evening, she has no symptoms and she will continue to follow CDC guidelines by quarantining until retesting is conclusive and an update will be provided at that time.

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