prohibit
Example Sentences
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"Our policies firmly prohibit any kind of child exploitation and we have extensive safety systems in place to help prevent user-to-user image sharing, limit chat for younger users, and block the sharing of personal information."
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
The Geneva Conventions governing the laws of war, agreed following World War II, prohibit destruction of "objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population."
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
“All federal employees are subject to government ethics guidelines that prohibit the use of nonpublic information for financial benefit,” White House spokesman Kush Desai said.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
He did not prohibit the publication of such inflammatory presses as the Observer.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Vocabulary lists containing prohibit
The Bill of Rights
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The First Amendment of the US Constitution
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