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violative

[vahy-uh-lay-tiv, vahy-uh-luh-tiv] / ˈvaɪ əˌleɪ tɪv, ˈvaɪ ə lə tɪv /


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The company previously said it has restricted Grok’s image-generation abilities and that it takes action to remove high-priority violative content.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

Lilly’s nightmare doesn’t involve the dead father consuming her, but its violative creepiness eats at you even so.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2025

Boston-based Judge Burroughs wrote in Wednesday's ruling: "The Court vacates and sets aside the Freeze Orders and Termination Letters as violative of the First Amendment."

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025

During a hearing on Wednesday, Murphy concluded, “The government’s actions in this case are unquestionably violative of this court’s order.”

From Slate ● May 21, 2025

You say that Mr. George has obtained no standing of consequence in either politics or economics "because his teachings are violative of the public concept of truth."

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by William Cowper Brann


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