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enjoining

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verb

present participle of enjoin
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enjoining
Verb
  • Fort Worth residents packed a city council public comment meeting Tuesday, demanding that Mayor Mattie Parker apologize for comments directed at nonprofit leader and community activist Patrice Jones.
    Amanda McCoy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The movie is filled with long takes that owe little to theatrical continuity and instead emphasize the action’s inescapable and demanding physicality.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When instructing his students to open their textbooks to page 67, Dannenbring will suddenly adopt the timbre of his enthusiastic seventh graders, who immediately protest their teacher using a phrase that does not belong to him.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Other workers received robo-calls instructing them not to come to work, said Greg Ball, president of the Nor Cal Beverage Employees’ Union and 17-year employee of the plant.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In fact, the party came within a single vote of getting a constitutional amendment prohibiting desecration of the flag through Congress two decades ago.
    Frederic J. Frommer, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In September, a criminal protective order had been issued by the Los Angeles Superior Court, prohibiting Wang from contacting Medrano.
    Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The mother of a star high school wide receiver has sued the Ohio High School Athletic Association over a prohibition on high school athletes signing NIL deals, but the case might be resolved by a rule change and, if not, would face hurdles.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • There, she becomes intrigued by Malaise (Bajrami), a charming young shopgirl for whom Angine is willing to defy the prohibition of kissing.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Roomba's double-sided brush mounts gradually build up a tangle at either end, eventually requiring you to pull the ends off the roller and dig all the hair out.
    Loz Blain October 14, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Many lawmakers have called for laws requiring Big Tech to better protect against chatbots promoting unsafe behaviors such as suicide and self-harm on their platforms.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Pratt grew up in the Palisades, hanging out at the beach, hiking the trails, ordering a French dip and matzo ball soup at Mort’s Deli after weekend sports competitions.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
  • When 4-year-old Luca Silva of Northridge, California, was practicing ordering his own food, his mom, Callie Foster, stood nearby, cheering him on.
    Ronnie Li, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But when leaving the company, to keep their vested equity, they were reportedly required to sign an agreement that contained provisions eternally forbidding them from criticizing their former employer, and that prevented them from mentioning the agreement’s existence.
    Harry Booth, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Because most owners do not post signs either allowing or forbidding firearms, the rule effectively means that ordinary citizens may not carry firearms on any private property, even property open to the public.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Police in London urged organizers to cancel a protest against the banning of the group Palestine Action due to take place on Saturday.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • These included additional scrutiny of investments from China, the exclusion of Chinese companies from India’s 5G network, and the banning of Chinese apps such as TikTok.
    TANVI MADAN, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Enjoining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enjoining. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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