impoundment

Example Sentences

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Dam impoundment produced different effects depending on reservoir depth.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

In response, Congress passed the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 External link, a sweeping reform that created the modern budget process and explicitly stripped the president of unilateral impoundment power.

From Barron's • Oct. 6, 2025

That included suits by organizations denied their rightful money through an illicit impoundment.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2025

Philip Wallach, a senior fellow focusing on Congress and the separation of powers at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, told Salon that he is also concerned about impoundment.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2025

“Yes, of course, Mrs. Tilbury. My sojourn in Colin’s room was simply to avoid impoundment in Cleveland. As you know, I have a job at the Park. I can pay you weekly for the room.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin