imposed upon
Example Sentences
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This is not a law imposed upon the U.S. by someone else.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2026
Dr Aladwan was previously subject to an IOT in September, which determined that no restrictions should be imposed upon her.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
“Even with the clear financial set-backs imposed upon Americans by COVID-19,” a bank spokesperson said, “we’re seeing money conversations increasing among couples and the stigma around discussing finances diminishing.”
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025
Her fate has been practically Victorian: a nearly decades-long public judgment of her allegedly declining mental state, followed by quasi-imprisonment via the conservatorship imposed upon her in 2008.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
But the rest was silence, a second desert imposed upon the one I already lived in, where “Hi” was as rare as rain.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
