prohibit
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Ingle also said that all federal employees are subject to government ethics guidelines that prohibit the use of insider information for financial gain.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
“Underlying all of this is the fact that U.S. sanctions, both from an executive-order perspective and also from a statutory perspective, would seemingly prohibit this type of arrangement.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Hawaii’s House passed a bill this month amending the definition of gambling to prohibit prediction markets for events related to “catastrophe, contests, death, legislation, national security, people, politics and sports.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Anthropic’s guidelines prohibit its AI from facilitating violence, developing weapons, or conducting surveillance.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
She also pointed out that the federal rights established by the Fourteenth Amendment took precedence over states’ rights, arguing that the states could not prohibit women from voting.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Vocabulary lists containing prohibit
The Bill of Rights
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The First Amendment of the US Constitution
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