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prohibition

[proh-uh-bish-uhn] / ˌproʊ əˈbɪʃ ən /


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Most important, the proposed regulations, which are subject to revision after a two-month public-comment period, would lift the SEC’s decades-old prohibition on performance-based fees in many funds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The prohibition lasts until 12 months after that contract has been finalized.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

They say the tactic is especially cynical because it promises voters a prohibition that, in large part, Missouri already has.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

New York's state constitution has its own prohibition on double jeopardy, which, if invoked here, could have a knock-on effect on Mangione's upcoming state trial.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

He had confided in Neeley that he, McGarrity, was a man who had his ear to the ground and was therefore in a position to hear prohibition coming.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

"The delegation will be under travel restrictions and will face prohibitions on the purchase of luxury and other goods per our policy. The delegation is smaller than last year."

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The answer starts with Jesus, but much of the credit belongs to St. Paul, who dispensed with Jewish dietary law, circumcision requirements and prohibitions against intermarriage, thus broadening the appeal of early Christianity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

They really are totally uncontroversial, and both clauses were seen as, like, these original anti-corruption, anti-grifting prohibitions, and were largely just observed.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

The state also has widespread prohibitions on several rodenticide ingredients.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

But there is no printed copyright list except of prohibitions of importations issued by the Commissioners of Customs.

From Copyright: Its History and Its Law by Richard Rogers Bowker




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