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moratorium
noun as in suspension
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Example Sentences
Planning Commission placed a six-month moratorium on the project pending an environmental impact assessment to be drafted by the property developers.
The new authorities swiftly loosened Assad-era restrictions, deluging the market with cheaper imports and lifting a moratorium that made dealing with dollars a criminal offense.
Prabowo did not specify which lawmakers would have their allowances curtailed, but said a moratorium on overseas trips would also be imposed.
“I don’t know what you can do, but I’m going to ask you to do something — a gesture, can we look at an eviction moratorium?”
Under his predecessor, Joe Biden, the justice department had issued a moratorium on the federal use of the death penalty.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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