impose
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A US federal judge on Monday postponed implementation of a Trump administration policy that would impose stricter limits on how long foreign students and journalists can study or work in the United States.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Johnson, the House speaker, said on Sunday that Congress shouldn’t impose an emergency moratorium on AI development even as he said lawmakers should show a sense of urgency.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
"The appeal comes days after Mr Burnham blindsided the industry by handing local authorities the power to impose unlimited tourist taxes," the paper adds.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
As part of the settlement, Meta said it would impose time limits and mute notifications during certain hours for teens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
It was time to impose myself and carve out my territory.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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What slows, how it slows and who imposes the limit will determine who ultimately pays.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Banksy's vandalism should be stopped and he should foot the bill for the costs he imposes on others."
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
In June, county voters approved Measure ER, which imposes a half-cent sales tax estimated to bring in $1 billion a year to help cash-strapped hospitals, clinics and Planned Parenthood services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
She said there were mitigation efforts the company planned to put in place, and the approval imposes legally binding conditions on Canada Nickel that include protections for indigenous people living in and using the area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Random for most practical purposes, they are actually generated by a deterministic formula which imposes sufficient order on the numbers as to render them useless for some applications.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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"These arrangements work when we engage as true partners that respect each other's traditions and sovereignty," Carney told the small room of financial powerbrokers, hours after President Donald Trump imposed new tariffs on Canada.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
The first possibility is a safety checkpoint imposed after a model has been trained.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Boston-based Judge Indira Talwani imposed an injunction on 4 September blocking Trump's order.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
When the state’s three-strikes law still imposed mandatory life sentences on anyone with two or more prior convictions for violent felonies, California needed places like Susanville to put its skyrocketing prison population.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Supreme Court announced its decision: Life imprisonment without parole sentences imposed on children convicted of non-homicide crimes is cruel and unusual punishment and constitutionally impermissible.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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The technology has been widely used in England and Wales since 2018 and there are plans to start imposing new restriction zones on offenders this autumn.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
It included Trump Jr.’s brother-in-law Jared Kushner, Eric Trump — and Kremlev, an imposing man with a shaved head who speaks limited English.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
The move comes as retaliation for Canada imposing tariffs ranging from 15% to 50% on about $20 billion of U.S. goods on Tuesday morning—amounting to about 6% of U.S. exports to its northern neighbor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Polls suggest the majority of Canadians support, external their country imposing retaliatory tariffs on the US.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Everything appeared very stately and imposing to me; but then I was so little accustomed to grandeur.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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