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
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 usage guidelines prohibit Claude from being used to facilitate violence, develop weapons, or conduct surveillance.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
For more about forbid and prohibit, see pages 114 and 116.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Vocabulary lists containing prohibit
The Bill of Rights
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List 14
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The First Amendment of the US Constitution
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