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policy

/ˈpɑ.lə.si/ noun C2
  1. A contract of insurance.
  2. A document containing or certifying this contract. · Your insurance policy covers fire and theft only.
  3. A number pool lottery

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Again and again his word has decided the national policy.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 4 · B2
Without going into details, I may say that it defined the position of Great Britain towards the Triple Alliance, and fore-shadowed the policy which this country would pursue in the event of the French fleet gaining a complete ascendancy over that of Italy in the Mediterranean.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 62 · B2
My good fellow, you must have lost your senses to think it possible I could act with such cold-blooded policy.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 421 · C1
These bitter accusations might have been suppressed, had I, with greater policy, concealed my struggles, and flattered you into the belief of my being impelled by unqualified, unalloyed inclination; by reason, by reflection, by everything.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 223 · B2

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