impose on
Example Sentences
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The CMA has a range of powers including fines they can impose on firms.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
“Our binding agreement with Netflix will offer superior value at greater levels of certainty, without the significant risks and costs Paramount’s offer would impose on our shareholders.”
From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026
It will, however, be exempted for three years from tariffs of 100% that Trump had threatened to impose on drugmakers.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
A federal appeals court struck down the rule in July, finding that the FTC failed to properly consider the costs it would impose on businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2025
I am surprised at the conditions that the government wants to impose on me.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
