guideline

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  1. noun A statement or other indication of policy or procedure by which to determine a course of action: guidelines for the completion of tax returns.

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  • Network policy upholds the privacy of other users, the security of electronic assets and the fair use of network resources as the guideline areas to be observed by users. —  Stories from The Sun
  • What's more important as a guideline, the property line or the nearest residence?
  • Chou R, Qaseem A, Snow V, Casey D, Cross JT Jr, et al. (2007) Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain: a joint clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society. —  PLoS Medicine: New Articles
  • Current pharmacologic treatment of dementia: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • "Current diagnosis of venous thromboembolism in primary care: a clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians". et al (1995). —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
 

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