as in prohibition
an order that something not be done or used
there's a standing embargo against the use of foul language in this house
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Recent Examples of embargo
Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2025
Examples: Brand tone guidelines, embargoed campaign details and competitive comparison policies.
—Sagar Gupta, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 July 2025
The embargo was simply an attempt to not spoil information about the season’s guest stars or how the season ends.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2025
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Noun
Reviews of The Bear season four were embargoed for publication until 11:15 p.m.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2025
Examples: Brand tone guidelines, embargoed campaign details and competitive comparison policies.
—Sagar Gupta, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Verb
Hull settled that debt to Villa at the end of last week to see the embargo lifted, but a further embargo has since come their way from the EFL.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 July 2025
The embargo was simply an attempt to not spoil information about the season’s guest stars or how the season ends.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embargo
Noun
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The Supreme Court’s ruling also determined that the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments does not protect homeless people from laws criminalizing resting in public places.—
Stephen Przybylinski,
The Conversation,
12 Aug. 2025
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The guidance, delivered in recent weeks to a range of firms, stops short of an outright prohibition but signals strong official disapproval for H20 use in sensitive contexts.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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When DeBerry fatalities are excluded to compare CoreCivic facilities with similar TDOC facilities, CoreCivic death rates appear even more stark.—
Melissa Brown,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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Lightning Lane Single Pass attractions are excluded.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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The school won an appeal to the FHSAA infraction appeals committee and Conaway, who was serving a one-year ban on coaching in games, had that penalty shortened to six games.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
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In 2023, a federal judge in the Western District of Oklahoma also struck down the long-standing federal ban on marijuana users possessing firearms, calling the prohibition unconstitutional.—
Dario Sabaghi,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This simple step can prevent problems on Election Day.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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Acting now can avoid service interruptions, prevent compliance violations, and even reduce long-term costs.—
Arvin Chaudhary,
Hartford Courant,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Theaters were shut down, shutting out the festivals with them.—
Zach Dennis,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Aug. 2025
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Eury Perez and the Marlins pitchers had their way with the Yankees as they were shut out in their 2-0 loss Saturday to lose the three-game set.—
James Oconnell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This doesn’t necessarily rule out the possibility of the virus mutating some day to infect humans.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Because Jack and Lilly are still missing, polygraph examinations were conducted with the intention of ruling out that possibility.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Kenyan Yildiz would certainly give some wing depth, or preclude the need to drop 75m on Diaz in the first place!—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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And in far less consequential territory, some are calling out Metro being from St. Louis, as if that precludes him from celebrating Atlanta.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Brann halted his own ruling from going into effect until after the Trump administration had a chance to appeal and see what the higher courts say.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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In July, a group of Apache women filed their own lawsuit to halt the land exchange at Oak Flat.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Embargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embargo. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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