impoundment
noun
im·pound·ment
im-ˈpau̇n(d)-mənt 
1
: the act of impounding : the state of being impounded
2
: a body of water formed by impounding
Examples of impoundment in a Sentence
after his impoundment in the garage all weekend, the family dog was ready to frolic
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In 1975, the Supreme Court, in Train v. City of New York, ruled on Nixon's unilateral impoundment of funds.
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Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 18 Feb. 2025
Congress passed the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which forbade future impoundments with only narrow exceptions.
—Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Several challenges to the act and executive impoundment have come through the courts, including the 1998 Supreme Court case Clinton v. City of New York that challenged President Clinton's use of a line-item veto to cut funding, the courts have ruled against executive impoundments.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
But the White House is also not ruling out using what's known as impoundment to overrule Congress' spending decisions.
—Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 2 May 2025
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Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 18 Feb. 2025
Congress passed the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which forbade future impoundments with only narrow exceptions.
—Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Several challenges to the act and executive impoundment have come through the courts, including the 1998 Supreme Court case Clinton v. City of New York that challenged President Clinton's use of a line-item veto to cut funding, the courts have ruled against executive impoundments.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
But the White House is also not ruling out using what's known as impoundment to overrule Congress' spending decisions.
—Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 2 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for impoundment
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“Impoundment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impoundment. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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