moratorium
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On denuclearisation talks with Pyongyang, Lee said the country should first set "limited short-term goals", such as securing a moratorium on further production of nuclear materials.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The end of the Irish moratorium on new data centers has allowed Microsoft to try to proceed with plans for a big new data site in Naas, just outside Dublin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Several local organizations have called for a two-year moratorium on the use of AI in New York's public schools, which educate more than 900,000 students.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
The county is still considering how to enforce such a moratorium, and what that would cost.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
The idea he put forth was that a testing moratorium would halt research into making H-bombs safer, thereby leaving the United States with an obsolete “dirty” nuclear arsenal.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing moratorium
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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