moratorium
Example Sentences
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Clark warned that scammers, despite a California moratorium on licenses, have continued to thrive.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
Concerns about energy demand are real, but a moratorium doesn’t solve them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
In the coming weeks, Maine could become the first state to enact a moratorium on construction of these massive facilities -- which house millions of processors that form the backbone of the internet and AI.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
California’s next governor would have the power to end Newsom’s moratorium on the death penalty, appoint state judges and grant state pardons.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
As it happened, not everyone in the nuclear research and development community thought a test moratorium would be a bad thing.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing moratorium
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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