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
Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Shorr said that advisory board members were barred from seeing the recommendations in advance because the analysis was under embargo.
—Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
Time, 3 Dec. 2025
Obviously, to conduct a war, the commander in chief needs to be able to embargo trade that supplies material support to the enemy.
—Ben Bayer, Oc Register, 3 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Early buzz from the creator event seems positive, though, again, take that with a grain of salt, given what is or isn't supposed to be leaking out right now ahead of the embargo drop.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Shorr said that advisory board members were barred from seeing the recommendations in advance because the analysis was under embargo.
—Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
Verb
President Richard Nixon, already fighting inflation and preoccupied by congressional investigations surrounding Watergate, made the rash decision to embargo soybean exports in June 1973.
—Time, 3 Dec. 2025
Obviously, to conduct a war, the commander in chief needs to be able to embargo trade that supplies material support to the enemy.
—Ben Bayer, Oc Register, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embargo
Noun
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In 2014, the New York Times published a six-part series arguing for a repeal on the federal marijuana ban, comparing the government’s treatment of cannabis to the prohibition on alcohol in the 1920s.—
Elaine Mallon,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Feb. 2026
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The repeal could include a prohibition on returning to that bloc system.—
Jennifer Lynn McCoy,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, came in line with expectations.—
Lisa Kailai Han,Sean Conlon,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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Asia, excluding Japan, accounts for about 26 percent of LVMH’s business, and includes high-growth countries such as Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
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Under pressure from governments, including threats of bans and fines, X restricted Grok’s ability to generate certain explicit images last month.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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His government last year banned the popular Budapest Pride celebration and allowed facial recognition technology to be used to identify anyone participating despite the ban.—
MATTHEW LEE,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Even worse, that money was supposed to go toward preventing and reversing drug overdoses amid an ongoing opioid epidemic.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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The same dangerous whiteout conditions that caused the avalanche Tuesday have prevented recovery crews from returning to the remote Sierra Nevada backcountry to bring home the bodies, officials said in an update Wednesday.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Butt finished off the scoring in the third period, while Caera Hart (15 saves) shut out the Dragons over the last 30 minutes of action.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
18 Feb. 2026
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After the pandemic, a rapid rise in home prices coincided with stubbornly high mortgage rates, shutting out potential buyers.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Team Canada sources confirmed to The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun that Morrissey was ruled out.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Moore also runs a heavily Democratic state and has ruled out running in the past, but his name keeps bubbling up on the short list.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Many people, meanwhile, don’t have room for a writer’s room, or live lives that preclude solitude, or just don’t like to sit still.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2026
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His age, though, precludes him from doing anything more extensive than a one-off show.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But the shutdown will not halt Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Protection operations because Republicans in Congress sent those agencies tens of millions of dollars in extra funding last year.—
Riley Beggin,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Pay would be halted for 56,000 active duty, reserve and civilian personnel, but they would still be required to show up for work.—
Justin Gomez,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Embargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embargo. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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