How to Use protocol in a Sentence

protocol

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  • What is the proper protocol for declining a job offer?
  • They did not follow the proper diplomatic protocols.
  • The soldier's actions constitute a breach of military protocol.
  • And the new sports health screening protocol caught it.
    — Annika Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
  • The result is a patchwork of protocols full of loopholes and gaps.
    — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 13 July 2023
  • Plus, the farms have instituted lots of protocols for who gets to go in and how.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 14 June 2024
  • Read to the end of this article to learn more about our testing protocols.
    — Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2023
  • Day said that this has helped the young flyers on the spectrum get more accustomed to the protocols at their own pace.
    — Sarah Caliguire, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • For his Parkinson’s fight, Gracie swapped the dune for protocols.
    — Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Arriving without your spouse wasn’t the protocol all of the evening’s co-chairs adhered to.
    — Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
  • For the eye area, the standard protocol consists of two sessions, four weeks apart from each other.
    — Ahmed Zambarakji, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2024
  • There’s no doubt that she was hounded, but the truth was that the security protocol for her was lacking, to say the very least.
    — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Due to difficulties with his sight, Mills turned over control of the protocol to Harlan Stenn in the 2000s.
    — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Washington designed the workout using the every minute on the minute (EMOM) protocol, which means that each round is a race against the clock.
    — Men's Health, 17 May 2023
  • There has been much conversation about a lack of safety protocols on the Rust film set.
    — Solcyré Burga, TIME, 8 July 2024
  • At the moment of impact, fans roared reflexively at the breach of protocol.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
  • My vision was to have protocols put in place to protect performers on set.
    — Tasha Reign, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2023
  • Open-sourcing the entire protocol makes sure the cryptosystem conforms to this rule.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 13 Feb. 2024
  • McCain was placed the league’s concussion protocol after the play.
    — oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
  • By 10:30, the resort had begun its missing child search protocol, with staff and guests searching the property for any signs of Madeleine.
    — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
  • For psoriasis, the step therapy protocols were stricter more than 99% of the time.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2024
  • What is the protocol, if any, for extending good wishes on Mother’s Day?
    — Robin Abrahams, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023
  • The student then walked up on stage to have her books signed by Thomas and Johnson — a breach of protocol that became a scene of sweet solidarity.
    — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
  • After a six-week break, which was the second phase of the study, the protocol shifted for phase three: each of the two groups received the opposite treatment for another six weeks.
    — Anton Benz, Scientific American, 13 July 2023
  • He’s been placed on administrative leave from the school in Adamsville, which is standard protocol.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • In 2020, film and TV productions halted in mid-March and started picking back up again (albeit with new health protocols in place) in June.
    — Sofía Tafich, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The protocol was issued last August, and the version made available to the public is heavily redacted.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Those protocols must detail everything from the amount of drug used and the source of that drug to a step-by-step accounting of how the research itself will be conducted.
    — Nicholas Florko and Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 30 May 2024
  • Then came pyrotechnics, the pop show and the protocol — speeches (lovely, generous), declarations, lowering the Olympic flag and turning the games over to the 2028 host.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
  • To keep this one pristine, the lab follows careful protocols: People entering the white room where the sample resides don masks, hairnets, lab coats, shoe covers and nitrile gloves.
    — Linda Shiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024

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