- present participle of prohibit.
prohibiting
Example Sentences
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It cited a statement in a Scalia opinion to the effect that a 19th-century statute prohibiting the theft of goods would apply to the theft of microwave ovens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Former Heisman-winning QB Jayden Daniels issues cease-and-desist letter to LSU prohibiting the school from using his name, image and likeness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Revising guidelines, Education Minister Paul Givan said that, from the start of the 2027/2028 academic year, schools will be banned from prohibiting girls wearing trousers.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The local suppression of abolitionist mail persisted throughout the antebellum era during the administrations of Jackson’s eight successors, none of whom enforced the federal statute prohibiting detention of the mail.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Briggs’s rules prohibiting publication of fission-related articles soon expanded to a blanket ban on any discussion of the topic outside the confines of the laboratory.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
