Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- At discretion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb At one's
discretion .
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Examples
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The notion of forum non-conveniens is not an argument that the forum lacks the power to adjudicate a case, it is an argument that the forum should discretionarily refrain from deciding a case which it has the power to decide because another forum is more suitable.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Rejection of Saudi Arabia as an Alternate Forum for Resolving a Dispute: 2009
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At the last National People's Congress session, China's Wen wowed discretionarily for the "Chinese's enthusiasm for the 2008 Olympics" - ignoring the voices of naysayers.
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Our arrangement has been that any ship in the task force may move around discretionarily in about a one-light-year radius, as long as we all remain in communication.
INTELLIVORE DIANE DUANE 2000
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The CSG analysis, which was able to control for factors like poverty and higher absentee rates, definitively confirms that race is a predictive factor in whether a student will be discretionarily disciplined at school.
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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Furthermore, the Company's ability to discretionarily price roughly 80% of current portfolio and pipeline products lessens the Company's exposure to potential future price cuts by the NDRC.
In Play ® - Yahoo! Finance - The basics of investing. 2010
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In addition, facility damage was generally in more discretionarily used areas such as gyms, so basic school operations were able to be maintained.
Fitch Downgrades Edcouch-Elsa ISD's (TX) Underlying GOULTs to 'A-'; Outlook Stable - Yahoo! Finance 2010
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You seem to speak of marriage as if it's a benefit that the government discretionarily hands out to individuals.
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This blog was born, and my new focus was to build better tools to help me discretionarily trade instead of trying to automate everything.
Netvouz - new bookmarks thgood 2009
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Now, I’m not claiming that these commanders are under no pressure from above to act in a certain way, however, in my opinion, it is clear that DADT can be discretionarily enforced.
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