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Recent Examples of blue law
Paramus officials contend that blue laws are only effective when a county chooses to obey them through a citizen referendum.
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
New Jersey’s blue laws initially were far stricter and enforced statewide.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2025
Connecticut has historically followed what are known as blue laws, which restrict or prohibit certain activities on Sundays.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2025
Colby told her followers that the poster was specifically made for racier venues during a time in history when there was a lot of back-and-forth on blue laws or moral codes.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Banning alcohol sales on Sunday dates back to Prohibition-era blue laws in which religious groups sought to reserve the day for worship.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Aug. 2024
New Jersey has a strong history of upholding its blue laws, but coastal protection has been at the forefront in recent years.
—Sarah Pulliam Bailey, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blue law
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The lawsuit alleges violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act, multiple state antitrust statutes and unjust enrichment laws.—
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The federal statute does not cover deliveries made by private services such as FedEx, UPS, or Amazon.—
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The board’s unanimous vote came weeks after pension-plan actuaries confirmed the program would be cost-neutral, as state law requires.—
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The opposing side has said that Idaho’s law targets and harms trans women and girls and that Hecox, specifically, mitigated any potential advantages through hormone treatments.—
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The project will serve as a pilot for the city’s Project Labor Agreement ordinance, with most construction performed by union workers.—
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These powers spelled out in the motion brought by Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Hilda Solis will be incorporated into an ordinance that will come back to the board in 30 days for a vote.—
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Wurman argued that English common law established protection under a sovereign as a necessary condition to citizenship.—
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Under English common law, a builder of a cottage or a castle had the obligation forever to repair defective construction.—
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The prosecutor's office said a 16-year-old boy from Sayreville was arrested and charged with acts of juvenile delinquency which if committed by an adult would constitute murder, weapons charges and armed riot.—
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And when unlawful acts are committed, hold individuals accountable.—
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The solution would be enactment of a nationwide usury limit, but that falls entirely within congressional authority.—
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The second episode of That is not still is an enactment of the practice of lamentation by one of Togar’s friends.—
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Yoon’s other trials deal with charges such as ordering drone flights over North Korea to deliberately inflame animosities to look for a pretext to declare martial law, and committing perjury in the trial of his prime minister.—
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In Rasht, on the coast of the Caspian Sea, residents were ordered to remain indoors under what amounts to martial law, Eikdar told TIME.—
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Many of these groups, including Nallen Copley’s, have strict ground rules against pitching products and deals and gatekeep against vendors or brokers.—
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Are Hal and Kate planning to assess and adjust their expectations and ground rules at the six-month or one-year mark?—
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“Blue law.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue%20law. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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