moratorium
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New Jersey implemented a one-year moratorium on electronic shelf labels this summer “while the New Jersey Innovation Authority studies the effects and impact of that technology.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
In Hazle Township, residents won a court-ordered halt to construction as well as a municipal moratorium.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Some analysts and bank executives have pushed the idea of a moratorium on this practice for a few years, which would yield an estimated extra £1bn per year for the Treasury.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
In the wake of the outrage, the county walked back its decision, declaring a moratorium on data centers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Abolitionists were becoming hopeful that more profound death penalty reform or possibly a moratorium might be achievable.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Anti-AI sentiment is becoming increasingly serious, and moratoria on data-center development in the U.S. are growing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Montebello, El Monte and Baldwin Park have all enacted temporary moratoria, and Alhambra recently banned data centers as part of a zoning code update.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
"Similar eviction moratoria after a climate-related disaster, potentially as part of federal recovery aid and efforts, could provide valuable protection to renters in affected communities," says He.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 14, 2023
Europe’s Single Resolution Board has enforced a payment moratoria at the three banks and will now assess whether it was in the public interest to save the lenders.
From Reuters ● Feb. 28, 2022
Thirdly: The most botched subject can secure from his prince letters of respite or moratoria; but who shall give them to the prince, unless he does it to himself?
From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul
Most of the moratoriums, for instance, will end in one to three years.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
More than 400 local moratoriums have been recorded across 44 states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
He also issued a warning about data-center moratoriums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Gubernatorial candidates jockey over it; both New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, put temporary moratoriums on new data centers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
"All praise to the power of the war-time moratoriums," Farrel declared.
From The Pride of Palomar by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
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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