prohibitionist

Example Sentences

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The Senators owner, a prohibitionist through and through, made things harder on himself by subsisting without a source of revenue that other teams availed themselves of.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023

Most of the shops are to be operated by people of color who had been incarcerated by prohibitionist laws.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2023

Mr. Sweanor emphasized that he’s not a prohibitionist.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2023

A sprawling history of a concept, spanning decades of prohibitionist thinking and the latest in recovery research, could easily fall apart were it not informed by Fisher's experience.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2022

This one consideration alone would make me an enthusiastic prohibitionist.

From Men Women and God by Gray, Arthur Herbert