as in prohibiting
the act of ordering that something not be done or used
the enjoining of the use of all tobacco products by the director of the baseball camp
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as in demanding
to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority
police enjoined the community's full cooperation in getting rid of the drug dealers
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as in instructing
to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority
undeterred, the captain enjoined his crew to sail at full speed into the mine-filled harbor
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as in forbidding
to order not to do or use or to be done or used
Quakerism enjoins the taking of human life
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Recent Examples of enjoining
Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
The lawsuit asks the Ingham County Circuit Court to declare Kalshi's internet sports betting operation a common law nuisance and to issue a permanent injunction and order of abatement enjoining and restraining Kalshi from engaging in or advertising its internet sports betting operation in Michigan.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enjoining
Verb
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Her death left her family devastated and demanding answers.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Jockey Club, owner of Britain’s most prestigious courses, including Aintree, Newmarket, Epsom and Cheltenham itself, responded to Allen’s resignation by demanding a corporate governance review at the Racecourse Association (one of the bodies currently represented on the BHA board).—
Ian King,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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Israel repeatedly raised its air defenses and issued alerts to the public instructing residents to shelter in a safe place.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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Activists are also instructing people to keep them out of sight so ICE agents don’t see them and later target them.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Under that program, San Diego County adopted an ordinance prohibiting children under age 12 from operating Class 1 or Class 2 e-bikes.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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For everyday visitors, this means the government is not restricting or prohibiting travel and isn't discouraging travelers from visiting.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Mar. 2026
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The prohibition currently keeps about 53,000 ineligible to vote in Missouri.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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The restaurant has been owned by a handful of different families who navigated world wars, prohibition, and global pandemics, moving locations just twice but always staying on Decatur Street.—
Stephanie Gallman Jordan,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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Military bases across California have tightened security since the conflict began, requiring more stringent visitor identification, checks at gates and warning of traffic delays.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Indonesia moved to tighten export earnings rules for natural resource firms in December, requiring deposits in state banks, capping rupiah currency conversion, and limiting offshore transfers, to keep dollars onshore and support the rupiah.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Two minutes later, the cops are ordering the passenger out of the car.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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The demand for the human touch is one reason there are still millions of waiters despite the potential to automate them with QR codes and ordering tablets.—
Adam Ozimek,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026
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There appears to be no law expressly forbidding the use of public funds to influence voters.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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That was despite a Spanish edict forbidding Pueblo people to possess horses.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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But legal protections and the banning of DDT allowed for a comeback.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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And in return for all that scurrilous effort, not a single banning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Enjoining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enjoining. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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