forbidden

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These organizations aim to detect dissent and prevent students from reading forbidden books or listening to banned songs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 5, 2026

The Empire State Building has an observation deck open to the public that offers stunning views of New York, but access to higher points is forbidden.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

According to the company’s registration statement, he and other top insiders are forbidden to sell, lend them out or borrow against them, among other restrictions, for 366 days after the IPO.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

But that is not, in fact, how Harlan meant it: In context, his broader argument was that permitting Jim Crow segregation would authorize a racial “caste” forbidden by the 14th Amendment.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026

Nevertheless, underneath all the mathematics, Leibniz’s differentials still had the same forbidden 0/0 nature that plagued Newton’s fluxions.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife