Pursuant
/pərˈsuːənt/preposition
Happening due to a something, especially a law or rule.
Your request was denied pursuant to the company policy.
Often appears as...
- pursuant to the regulations
- pursuant to the law
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Formal
adjective
Following or happening according to something.
They made the decision to launch a new product pursuant to the successful market research.
Often appears as...
- pursuant effort
- pursuant action
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Formal
preposition
Happening due to a something, especially a law or rule.
Your request was denied pursuant to the company policy.
Often appears as...
- pursuant to the regulations
- pursuant to the law
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Following or happening according to something.
They made the decision to launch a new product pursuant to the successful market research.
Often appears as...
- pursuant effort
- pursuant action
Usage tips
Formal
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Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Often used in legal, official, or formal documents to reference laws or rules.
The court issued a ruling pursuant to state guidelines.
Pro Tip 2/3Cause and Effect
Implies a direct relationship where one action or condition leads to another, as mandated.
The employee was terminated pursuant to repeated policy violations.
Pro Tip 3/3Policy Compliance
Indicates actions or decisions are made in compliance with a precedent or set standard.
Benefits are granted pursuant to the terms of employment.
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pursue
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necessary or there's a plan to enact it throughout the company so it has to be really actionable and then the other piece of this is that these policies are part of the listing standards and that's a a very serious commitment for companies and if companies put out there into the world pursuant to the listing
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A new stock exchange...
necessary or there's a plan to enact it throughout the company so it has to be really actionable and then the other piece of this is that these policies are part of the listing standards and that's a a very serious commitment for companies and if companies put out there into the world pursuant to the listing
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Elliot Perlman
Australian Author
I'm a Taurus, which sounds like the name of a pickup truck. I'd prefer to be born under the sign of the rock wallaby. If you're going to interpret your life pursuant to an utterly irrational dogma, why can't it have a cute mascot? Rock wallabies really are fabulous animals, and in any remotely just world, they would have their own star sign.
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Noah Feldman
American Author
The great difficulty with Guantanamo is it was perceived correctly as being a place where people were not being detained subject to rules. I don't think the world thinks that you can't detain suspected terrorists - the world thinks you can do that, but you have to do it pursuant to rules and to clear charges.
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Jose Rodriguez
American Public Servant
Our waterboarding program is based on the U.S. military training program... tens of thousands of U.S. servicemen were waterboarded pursuant to this program to prepare them for the possibility of being captured someday so that they would know what it felt like.
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Louis Stokes
American Politician
But we did conclude that Ray had actually killed Dr. King pursuant to his theory that he was going to be able to get hold of that money. He had learned of this offer through his ties in the Missouri State Penitentiary.
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Marquis de Sade
French Novelist
Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.
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Kayleigh McEnany
American Public Servant
When the President acts, he must do so pursuant to constitutionally enumerated Article II powers or statutory power allocated to him by Congress.
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Sheila Jackson Lee
American Politician
Anything my staff does in my office is pursuant to congressional rules.
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Elliot Perlman
Australian Author
I'm a Taurus, which sounds like the name of a pickup truck. I'd prefer to be born under the sign of the rock wallaby. If you're going to interpret your life pursuant to an utterly irrational dogma, why can't it have a cute mascot? Rock wallabies really are fabulous animals, and in any remotely just world, they would have their own star sign.
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Noah Feldman
American Author
The great difficulty with Guantanamo is it was perceived correctly as being a place where people were not being detained subject to rules. I don't think the world thinks that you can't detain suspected terrorists - the world thinks you can do that, but you have to do it pursuant to rules and to clear charges.
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Jose Rodriguez
American Public Servant
Our waterboarding program is based on the U.S. military training program... tens of thousands of U.S. servicemen were waterboarded pursuant to this program to prepare them for the possibility of being captured someday so that they would know what it felt like.
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Louis Stokes
American Politician
But we did conclude that Ray had actually killed Dr. King pursuant to his theory that he was going to be able to get hold of that money. He had learned of this offer through his ties in the Missouri State Penitentiary.
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Marquis de Sade
French Novelist
Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.
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Kayleigh McEnany
American Public Servant
When the President acts, he must do so pursuant to constitutionally enumerated Article II powers or statutory power allocated to him by Congress.
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Sheila Jackson Lee
American Politician
Anything my staff does in my office is pursuant to congressional rules.
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