prohibit
Example Sentences
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The Clarity Act would prohibit payment of deposit-like interest, but permit rewards based on usage.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
He then issued an injunction claiming to prohibit the hospital from seeking relief in the federal courts that oversee Rhode Island under threat of contempt.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
Banks want the bill to prohibit companies such as Coinbase from paying customers yields on so-called stablecoins, a kind of token whose value is pegged to the dollar.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Kefalogianni insisted Greece was not breaching EU rules, which currently allow EES checks to be suspended briefly when airports become very congested, but prohibit blanket exemptions for citizens of a particular country.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Forty-eight states and the District of Columbia prohibit people from voting while incarcerated for a felony offense.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing prohibit
The Bill of Rights
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The First Amendment of the US Constitution
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