enjoined

past tense of enjoin
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Recent Examples of enjoined On September 24, Judge Smith permanently enjoined DHS from enforcing broad new immigration compliance conditions on a wide range of preparedness grants, ruling the agency had exceeded its statutory authority and failed to justify departing from longstanding grant practices. Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025 The department is denying student loan forgiveness to borrowers in the IBR plan who have reached the 20- or 25-year threshold for discharge, even while the department concedes that loan forgiveness is authorized under IBR and has not been blocked or enjoined by any court. Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 Under the law permanently enjoined by the court, even sharing a website would be a crime, an obvious violation of the First Amendment. Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enjoined
Verb
  • Over 100 residents attended and demanded transparency about what the land would be used for.
    Miranda Dunlap, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Yields on French government bonds – or the interest rate demanded by investors – have risen above those of Spanish, Portuguese and Greek bonds, which were once at the heart of the eurozone debt crisis.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Just as Erik ten Hag told David de Gea to kick the ball long for the visit of Liverpool in August 2022 after losing his opening two games in charge, Amorim instructed Senne Lammens, on his debut, to not risk an easy concession by passing possession short.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The individual pretending to be a deputy first instructed the user to pay the money by PayPal, but then instructed the man to use an ATM and provided a QR code, according to the complaint.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For one, all THC-like intoxicating compounds and synthetic or lab-made cannabinoids would be prohibited.
    Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Trucks will be prohibited along stretches of major roads that pass through residential areas, including Livernois, Dragoon, Clark, Scotten and West Grand Boulevard, as well as on all residential streets in that area.
    Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Under long-standing (and still existing) federal law, hospitals are required to treat, stabilize or transfer anyone presenting with a serious medical condition that could be considered an emergency.
    Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • So a good game from Prescott may be required to come away with a Week 5 win.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The jury late on Monday ordered J&J (JNJ) to pay $16 million in compensatory damages and $950 million in punitive damages, according to court filings.
    Reuters 14 hr ago, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Groves is the grandson of Kim Groves, whose 1994 murder was ordered by a New Orleans police officer.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The law that banned whale captivity did not apply to the existing population of captive whales at Marineland, but the park had to comply with another part of the law that forbade breeding.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • His recovery plan forbade him from climbing stairs for 10 weeks.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In Los Angeles, Magic and Cookie Johnson, Don Cheadle, and Tina Knowles gathered for HollyRod Foundation’s annual DesignCare Gala, as Kerry Washington and Kamala Harris each commanded attention on opposite coasts.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Officers found the man based on a description provided by the 911 caller and commanded him to lie on the ground, Bower said.
    Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • By the end of the year, the grocery store and home goods chain will have opened eight new supercenters and neighborhood markets across the United States, Charles Crowson, a Walmart spokesperson, told USA TODAY this week.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • On the morning of June 3, Pandora's mother, Simone Kjolsrud, told The Republic that on May 26, the pair were victims of a double homicide while the teens were on a camping trip.
    Julie Mendes, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Enjoined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enjoined. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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