1
as in to prohibit
to order not to do or use or to be done or used
the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings
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2
as in to exclude
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies
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as in curse
a prayer that harm will come to someone
a father's ban upon his ungrateful son
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as in prohibition
an order that something not be done or used
a quiet seaside resort with a ban on the drinking of alcohol in public places
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Recent Examples of ban
Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Foreign journalists have been banned from entering Gaza independently since 2023 when Israel launched its offensive in the wake of the Hamas attacks.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Sanctions can mean travel bans and asset freezes and seizures.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Six families, barred from entering the home by a March state order banning visitors to long-term care facilities, say they were also kept in the dark about what was happening as the case count began to climb.
—Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Foreign journalists have been banned from entering Gaza independently since 2023 when Israel launched its offensive in the wake of the Hamas attacks.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
Hungary and Slovakia opposed the ban.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Sanctions can mean travel bans and asset freezes and seizures.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ban
Verb
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Although the positions are voluntary, state law does not prohibit board members from setting compensation for themselves once appointed.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Nov. 2025
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The selling country is prohibited from counting those credits against its own emissions targets.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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The team was excluded from an October race in Italy, the Giro dell'Emilia, because of concerns over potentially disruptive pro-Palestine protests.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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One-time use and valid towards food purchase only, alcohol excluded; no cash value and cannot be combined with any other offer or promotion (including happy hour) excludes tax and gratuity.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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With the launch of the Culling Game in the aftermath, 10 colonies from across Japan are transformed into dens of curses as part of a plot orchestrated by the most wicked sorcerer in history, Noritoshi Kamo.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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Her goal helped the club secure its first berth in the NWSL playoffs, snapping a ninth-place curse that had haunted the team since its debut in 2021.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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No prohibition had been announced, but they would never be allowed to join a guild.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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In Margaret Atwood’s chilling dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, the founders of the Republic of Gilead legislate a blanket prohibition on women’s employment and the seizure of their personal savings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The bill would limit how the money could be used, forbidding the administration from spending the funds on anything other than federal pay.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Many people assume that Godparents will take care of the children should something happen to the parents, God forbid.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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At Paradromics, researchers have developed a chip with thinner wires than the Utah array, something that reduces, but does not eliminate, the damage done to brain tissue.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Muhammad Ali Hadid, a senior member of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, was eliminated in Nabatieh, while another operative was struck in Ayta ash Shab after being seen collecting intelligence on Israeli positions, according to the Israeli military.—
Rachel Wolf , Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The arrest by federal agents of a day care teacher inside a child care center in northwest Chicago has drawn strong condemnation from local leaders.—
Whitney Wild,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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The texts ignited a scandal that drew bipartisan condemnation.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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As executive secretary of Florida’s NAACP, Moore helped the organization grow to 63 branches and 10,000 members, and register 116,000 voters — 31% of Black voting-age Floridians — in the six years after the Supreme Court’s 1944 decision outlawing white primaries.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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The president also argued that Republicans could pass legislation around election laws, including outlawing transgender women from competing in women’s sports and protecting gun laws.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Ban.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ban. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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