enjoined

past tense of enjoin
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Example Sentences

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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
  • In the aftermath of the loss, Shanahan called out his team and demanded a strong response over the coming week ahead of San Francisco's trip to the Big Apple to take on the New York Giants.
    Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • As investors and counterparties demanded collateral, the company’s liquidity evaporated, requiring a $182 billion government bailout, in exchange for an equity stake.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Kruppas were instructed to bring $50 to each visit and, Laurie stressed, they were told the donor sperm would come from a resident in the university’s medical school.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Ramirez mentioned this to a superior, who instructed Ramirez to direct Chua to the city manager.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Betting on college sports remains prohibited.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Pino carried out this change despite a Miami-Dade judge’s order in the couple’s long-running divorce case that prohibited him from disposing of their marital assets, according to her lawyers.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Farms are required to follow humane treatment and euthanasia standards for the animals, Hobbs said.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The inning required 29 pitches.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Amid this crackdown, Russia’s Foreign Ministry ordered USAID to leave.
    Tetiana Kotelnykova, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Dozens of unable-to-fly wild ducks and geese at a sanctuary in Washtenaw County's Salem Township, earlier ordered killed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, have received a reprieve.
    Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 22 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
  • Rabbi Mona Alfi of Sacramento’s Congregation B’nai Israel said that in the Torah, the Jewish people are commanded 36 times to care for and protect the strangers in their midst.
    Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Dressed simply in a black bomber and flashing a colossal gold chain, Floyy commanded the room during his 20-minute set.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Here's what the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, which distributes SNAP benefits, told IndyStar about the impact on SNAP.
    Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 24 Oct. 2025
  • After surviving the massacre and making a recovery that surprised even her doctors, Sophia returned home in time to celebrate her upcoming 13th birthday, a family spokesperson told CNN.
    Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Enjoined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enjoined. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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