banned 1 of 2

adjective

as in prohibited
that may not be permitted at one time books, movies, and plays could use "banned in Boston" as a selling point

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verb

past tense of ban
1
as in outlawed
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 excluded
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies

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Recent Examples of banned
Verb
Facing fuel shortages at home, Moscow has banned gas and diesel exports through the end of January 2027. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 Prestianni denied the allegation and was subsequently banned by UEFA and FIFA after admitting to using a homophobic (rather than racist) slur against the Madrid forward. — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 In 1963, the Supreme Court banned confessions given under scopolamine and other truth-inducers as unconstitutionally coerced. — Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026 Cocaine is banned as a doping substance during competitions, with lower sanctions applied when used away from events. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 Though biological weapons are banned by international law, a handful of countries, including Russia, Syria, and North Korea, have developed and hoarded contagious pathogens. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 19 Aug. 2026 As a result, nearly all the country’s provinces banned the sale of American spirits and wines. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2026 In different cases, Cirilli has taken on the NCAA and several universities across the country over transgender women athletes being banned from competing in sports events. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026 While Mexico holds 140 Tcf of unconventional gas, President Sheinbaum has banned fracking in the southern Tampico-Misantla basin due to population density, indigenous opposition, and freshwater aquifers. — Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banned
  1. forbidden
  2. prohibited
  3. excluded
  4. outlawed
  5. barred
  6. forbade
  7. eliminated
  8. prevented
Adjective
  • Their forbidden love leads the Jade Emperor to decree their separation on opposite sides of the Milky Way.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • To control the dangerous unfettered use of magic, an oversight council established ground rules on what is considered forbidden magic and the knowledge of its existence.
    — Kalai Chik, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of forbidden
Verb
  • As a preventive measure, Assemblymember Chris Rogers, D-Ukiah, introduced AB 928, which would have prohibited a person from keeping more than 25 caged or tethered game fowl roosters.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • His two sisters were students before the Taliban prohibited girls from continuing beyond primary school.
    — Fatima Faizi, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of prohibited
Verb
  • Investigators collected handwriting samples from dozens of people, and all the individuals tested were excluded except for Patsy, whom examiners were unable to eliminate as the possible author.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But the two largest institutions — the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University — were excluded.
    — David A. Lieb, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of excluded
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  • The Next Generation rules, which outlawed conflict between crewmembers, something that became a major frustration for Trek franchise writers.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
  • If the Democratic Party wanted to pass a national version of the DPA, thousands of DSPs would be outlawed and hundreds of thousands of DSP employees would either lose their jobs or be hired by Amazon.
    — Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of outlawed
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  • Afghanistan is now the only country on earth where girls are barred from education past sixth grade.
    — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • According to the complaint, Spaventa allegedly coached his sales squad, many of whom were not registered while several had been previously suspended or barred by regulatory agency Finra.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of barred
Verb
  • Chinese tech giant ByteDance’s founder reportedly forbade AI researchers from distilling rival models, as scrutiny of the practice causes friction between Washington and Beijing.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Throughout the 1900s, in North America, many major sports leagues forbade private equity deals, leaving ownership to wealthy individuals and families.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Definition of forbade
Verb
  • For many craft distillers, those closures eliminated one of their primary ways of selling their products.
    — Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The 45-year-old in Frisco, Texas, was a senior manager in e-commerce and fulfillment at a large retailer until her job was eliminated in early 2025.
    — Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of eliminated
Verb
  • The move prevented the federal district court from making its own interim appointment, who would have been able to serve until a new candidate was presidentially appointed and confirmed by the Senate.
    — Callum Sutherland, Time, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In this new threat landscape, biological attacks are unlikely to be prevented entirely, given the proliferation of biological capabilities and the fact that some actors cannot be deterred by traditional means.
    — Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
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