moratorium
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The second moratorium vote failed exactly like the first.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
The county is still considering how to enforce such a moratorium, and what that would cost.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Previously, he had imposed a moratorium on his family's foreign investments, which he did not renew.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
An Iranian moratorium on enriched uranium, after which enrichment would be limited to 3.67 percent, with intensive inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency;
From Slate • May 7, 2026
Marc Mauer, the executive director of the Sentencing Project, notes that what is most remarkable about the moratorium campaign in retrospect is the context of imprisonment at the time.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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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