prohibition
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"While this doesn't rise quite to the level of a complete prohibition, it's a very strong disincentive."
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
The fight for women’s suffrage, the prohibition movement and other progressive achievements marked the years before the sesquicentennial.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
This practice stood in contrast to the prohibition against plundering civilian property on land because of the recognition of the integral relationship between maritime commerce and war.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
But Uthmeier insisted that hidden in this guarantee is, in effect, a prohibition against the donation of genetic material.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
Daemons might touch each other, of course, or fight; but the prohibition against human-daemon contact went so deep that even in battle no warrior would touch an enemy’s daemon.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing prohibition
American History II
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"Tinker v. Des Moines": Excerpts from Justice Fortas's Opinion
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The Great Depression and The New Deal
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