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- verb Present participle of
grandfather .
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Examples
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Mr. Greenfield stands to benefit the most from the "grandfathering" clause in the freshly passed term-limits law.
Voters Again Back Term Limits Michael Howard Saul 2010
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However, Cohn notes, the law allows for "grandfathering" of existing health care plans that don't meet the new standards.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: Insurance, Dispersants, and Teen Botox The Media Consortium 2010
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However, Cohn notes, the law allows for "grandfathering" of existing health care plans that don't meet the new standards.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: Insurance, Dispersants, and Teen Botox 2010
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However, Cohn notes, the law allows for "grandfathering" of existing health care plans that don't meet the new standards.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: Insurance, Dispersants, and Teen Botox 2010
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It is true that the treaty prohibits conversion of silos for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) and for submarine-based launchers for missile defense usage, and vice versa, while "grandfathering" five former ICBM silos in California that were so converted.
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In the most common application, often referred to as "grandfathering," units produced prior to a specific date are exempted from a new regulation or face less stringent requirements.
Robert Stavins: Moving Beyond Vintage-Differentiated Regulation 2009
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Indeed, regulators will likely demand it, despite Rep. Barney Frank's hints this week at "grandfathering" provisions for such businesses.
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By "grandfathering" existing coal-fired capacity, which accounts for 44 percent of U.S. electricity generation, the bill repeats the mistakes of the 1977 Clean Air Act -- mistakes that we have been paying for in the form deadly air pollution ever since.
Bruce Nilles: The Climate Bill Shouldn't Give Coal a Free Pass 2009
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According to long-time anti-stripmining activist Jane Johnson in Illinois, the Act further also allowed a flood of "grandfathering" of old mining contracts to circumvent the new requirements.
Jeff Biggers: Nancy Sutley: 30 Years of Betrayal Later, End Mountaintop Removal Now 2009
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It phases out other "grandfathering" provisions that were included in the 2004 extension of the moratorium.
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