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federally

American  
[fe-der-uh-lee] / ˈfɛ dər ə li /

adverb

  1. with respect to or at a federal level of government.

  2. Theology. by, through, or due to a religious covenant.


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Head Start and Early Head Start are federally supported programs that provide early childhood education and related services to eligible families.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Navatek would open an office in the state or district of a powerful member of Congress and partner with a local university to concoct a proposal for federally funded research.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Parents must mark one federally recognized race or ethnicity on the application, or it won’t be processed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

American Samoa banned deep-sea mining in its territorial waters in 2024, but the auction concerns the federally controlled Outer Continental Shelf beyond that limit.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Today in the United States there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations composed of nearly three million people.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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