proscribe
Example Sentences
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The judge said the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action “certainly does not proscribe any particular classroom speech, or relate at all to curricular choices.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper called the incident "disgraceful" when announcing her decision to proscribe the group.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025
One of the group's members, Saeed Taji Farouky, told the BBC on Saturday that government plans to proscribe the group were "absurd".
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2025
The government said an order will be introduced in Parliament to proscribe the group under the Terrorism Act.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2023
The sail would proscribe steam; the oar would proscribe the sail, only in its turn to give way to wagons, the wagon to the mule, and the mule to the foot-peddler.
From Sophisms of the Protectionists by White, Horace
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