moratorium
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Looming was a key Aug. 3 hearing for the judge to determine whether the moratorium should be extended.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
"The international community -- and the European Union in particular -- must make an immediate moratorium on executions a central issue" in any negotiations, said Amiry-Moghaddam.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
This week: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul put a statewide moratorium on building A.I. data centers.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2026
The moratorium would give the state time to create regulations for data centers that can help the environment and energy grid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The idea he put forth was that a testing moratorium would halt research into making H-bombs safer, thereby leaving the United States with an obsolete “dirty” nuclear arsenal.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Perhaps more concerning for the industry, though, a spread of moratoria could add a constraint to an already scarce market for data-center sites that have adequate access to power, water and other resources.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
As a wave of data center opposition sweeps the country, numerous towns and counties across the U.S. have instituted temporary moratoria and other restrictions on the facilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
"Similar eviction moratoria after a climate-related disaster, potentially as part of federal recovery aid and efforts, could provide valuable protection to renters in affected communities," says He.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 14, 2023
And Maryland offers another stark reminder of the sometimes transient quality of death penalty moratoria.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2021
Thirdly: The most botched subject can secure from his prince letters of respite or moratoria; but who shall give them to the prince, unless he does it to himself?
From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul
Among them are the US and China, which have both established voluntary moratoriums against explosive nuclear testing.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
CEOs need not speculate about whether data center moratoriums will hurt their businesses—they already know the answer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
The death penalty has been abolished in 23 of the 50 US states, while three others -- California, Oregon and Pennsylvania -- have moratoriums in place.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
During the COVID-19 pandemic, state and local governments across the country, under pressure from housing rights groups, enacted rent freezes, eviction moratoriums and rent relief programs to protect tenants from potential homelessness.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025
"All praise to the power of the war-time moratoriums," Farrel declared.
From The Pride of Palomar by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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