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banning

noun as in forbiddance

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Public opposition erupted, the city cancelled the deal, and state legislators passed a law in 2023 banning property ownership by businesses and officials from six foreign nations.

The Department for Education guidance on mobile phones sets out four options that schools could use, including asking students to hand devices in upon arrival, storing phones securely, asking they be kept out of sight or unused, or banning them entirely.

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Banning guns won’t do it, unless we’re also going to ban knives, axes, hammers, and baseball bats.

Beijing hit back with sweeping economic retaliation, restricting South Korean businesses and banning group tours.

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Restrictions banning fireworks in some parts of Glasgow come into force for the first time on Saturday after being delayed last year due to a missed deadline.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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