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Recent Examples of prohibitory
In 2022, a court allowed a prohibitory bathroom policy to stand in a Florida school district.
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Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024
Already, the Indian state is using its arsenal of prohibitory orders to contain these legitimate protests.
—Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2019
Alabama officials say that prohibitory language does not apply to the category of expenditures the state is using for the prisons.
—Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 7 Jan. 2022
Lawyers are seeking a prohibitory order against the execution at a hearing on Monday, having exhausted all other legal appeals.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 8 Nov. 2021
For instance, Florida’s contracts with New Mexico State, South Alabama and Eastern Washington – with guarantees totaling nearly $3.5 million – say that the agreement can be voided by order of a prohibitory body, which includes the SEC.
—Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY, 31 July 2020
To tackle any law and order situation, the region has been put under a heavy security cover, with prohibitory orders in place against public assembly.
—Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2019
Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024
Already, the Indian state is using its arsenal of prohibitory orders to contain these legitimate protests.
—Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2019
Alabama officials say that prohibitory language does not apply to the category of expenditures the state is using for the prisons.
—Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 7 Jan. 2022
Lawyers are seeking a prohibitory order against the execution at a hearing on Monday, having exhausted all other legal appeals.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 8 Nov. 2021
For instance, Florida’s contracts with New Mexico State, South Alabama and Eastern Washington – with guarantees totaling nearly $3.5 million – say that the agreement can be voided by order of a prohibitory body, which includes the SEC.
—Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY, 31 July 2020
To tackle any law and order situation, the region has been put under a heavy security cover, with prohibitory orders in place against public assembly.
—Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prohibitory
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Structural damage has made the landmark St. Peter Church on Franklin Square unstable, and the cost of repairs would be prohibitive, church officials said Monday.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2025
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Control of the Postal Service could offer additional ways to undermine elections, perhaps by raising the price of postage, so that the cost to the states of mailing ballots would be prohibitive, or by banning the automatic mailing of ballots to voters.—
Sue Halpern,
The New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The words were harsh but the logic was not unreasonable.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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This would not be an unreasonable proposition, considering the U.S. already pledged a security guarantee to Ukraine upon its return of all nuclear warheads to Russia by 1996, based on the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances.—
Seung-Whan Choi,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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That won’t stop our trade partners from making these exorbitant numbers real, however, when many inevitably respond with matching tariff hikes in return.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit on Friday to prevent Musk from handing out the exorbitant payments to voters, though an appellate court denied his request.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
31 Mar. 2025
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Princess Diana and then Prince Charles tied the knot in an extravagant ceremony on July 29, 1981.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Abbott Elementary is experiencing quite the shake up after Ava (Janelle James) was fired last week when the district uncovered that the school had been extorting the nearby golf course for extravagant resources.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2025
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And in January 2024, a steep entertainment tax on services by karaoke bars, spas, and nightclubs had been proposed, though that was scrapped the next month after backlash from local businesses.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
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Hop aboard one of the town’s white Volkswagen Beetle taxis to navigate the steep streets, or take the cable car to Hotel Montetaxco—a fine place for views of Taxco rooftops and to rest your head for the night.—
Meagan Drillinger,
AFAR Media,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Prohibitory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prohibitory. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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