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banned

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verb

past tense of ban
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for banned
Adjective
  • The list of prohibited and restricted items, as found on the CBP website, includes alcohol, biological materials, firearms, food and produce such as fruits and vegetables, soil, wildlife, fish, and gold, among other items.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
  • For example, Customs and Border Protection in the United States maintains a list of prohibited and restricted items for anyone entering the US and links to other departments if permits are required.
    Erica Kasper, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
Verb
  • But when GLP-1s are excluded, that figure drops sharply to $370 million.
    Bruce Gil, Quartz, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Additionally, some countries are expected to be excluded from tariffs, according to Bloomberg News .
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Her investigation reveals forbidden rituals and buried wartime secrets connected to a sealed cave, with supernatural forces closing in around her.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 May 2025
  • Here’s the synopsis: The story of Dorrigo Evans, an army surgeon whose short but forbidden affair with his uncle's wife sustains and haunts him through his darkest days in a Thai-Burmese prisoner of war camp in WWII.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Collecting the bodies For nearly three days, corpses littered the streets of Pine village, after villagers said fighters forbade them from collecting their dead, according to three of the locals CNN spoke to.
    Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
  • When his boss, the Archbishop of Vienna, forbade the wicked play The Marriage of Figaro to be composed as an opera, Mozart composed the comic opera anyway.
    Chip Bell, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • By re-signing Aaron Jones and trading for Jordan Mason, the Vikings eliminated running back as an unequivocal need.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
  • New York isn’t technically eliminated, but that will happen soon.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • However, strict safety restrictions prevented workers from accessing the area to turn it back on, delaying essential waste shipment and decommissioning operations.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2025
  • While a large group was prevented from entering this week by the NYPD and MTAPD, some entered the concourse, where after breaking Terminal rules they were ordered to depart or face arrest, and most were successfully removed without incident.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Banned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banned. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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