discretional
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- discretionally adverb
Etymology
Origin of discretional
First recorded in 1650–60; discretion + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Rhondda Cynon Taf council said it would offer a £1,000 Community Flood Recovery Grant, additional to a Welsh government's scheme, for both residents and businesses, as well as discretional funding for flood-prevention measures.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2024
They asked agency officials to justify what they consider changes to the requirements for Afghans to prove they need parole despite the agency’s discretional authority.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2021
Being considered middle class when your discretional income has all but disappeared makes it difficult to keep up the pretense.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2016
In a Jan. 30 “Moneybox,” Matthew Yglesias wrote that federal sequestration would cut military programs by 16.3 percent and domestic discretional programs by 9.2 percent.
From Slate • Feb. 1, 2013
The order as to his personal movements being not discretional, was of course absolutely accepted; but his other measures were apparently his own, and were instantaneous.
From Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
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