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to order not to do or use or to be done or used
smoking is forbidden throughout the building we forbid you to see him
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Recent Examples of forbade
Legal challenges began when, in 2007, the state medical board forbade doctors from any involvement beyond observing executions, which were only carried out by lethal injection after a move by state lawmakers to eliminate another method, lethal gas, in 1998.
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Avi Bajpai, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
The court forbade companies from classifying workers as independent contractors except in narrow circumstances.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Though the topic didn’t come up during Friday afternoon’s press conference, the director recently made headlines because he and his writing partner Don McKellar were kicked out of the Writers Guild of America for violating union rules that forbade working during the union’s 2023 strike.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
Sean Duffy, the federal Department of Transportation secretary, has, in recent months, threatened to pull funding over New York City’s congestion pricing program — until a federal judge forbade him from doing so.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
Instead, her product team forbade her from revealing this information, leaving her to either lie or be evasive about a deal that was already complete.
—Kiri Masters, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Without one umbrella cartel to pay a tax in exchange for protection, there are more cells, and the barrier for entry is lower, which means the lesser crimes El Chapo and El Mayo forbade in Culiacán — kidnappings, extortions — are here to stay until someone else rises up and restores order.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Collecting the bodies For nearly three days, corpses littered the streets of Pine village, after villagers said fighters forbade them from collecting their dead, according to three of the locals CNN spoke to.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
When his boss, the Archbishop of Vienna, forbade the wicked play The Marriage of Figaro to be composed as an opera, Mozart composed the comic opera anyway.
—Chip Bell, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Avi Bajpai, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
The court forbade companies from classifying workers as independent contractors except in narrow circumstances.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Though the topic didn’t come up during Friday afternoon’s press conference, the director recently made headlines because he and his writing partner Don McKellar were kicked out of the Writers Guild of America for violating union rules that forbade working during the union’s 2023 strike.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
Sean Duffy, the federal Department of Transportation secretary, has, in recent months, threatened to pull funding over New York City’s congestion pricing program — until a federal judge forbade him from doing so.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
Instead, her product team forbade her from revealing this information, leaving her to either lie or be evasive about a deal that was already complete.
—Kiri Masters, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Without one umbrella cartel to pay a tax in exchange for protection, there are more cells, and the barrier for entry is lower, which means the lesser crimes El Chapo and El Mayo forbade in Culiacán — kidnappings, extortions — are here to stay until someone else rises up and restores order.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Collecting the bodies For nearly three days, corpses littered the streets of Pine village, after villagers said fighters forbade them from collecting their dead, according to three of the locals CNN spoke to.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
When his boss, the Archbishop of Vienna, forbade the wicked play The Marriage of Figaro to be composed as an opera, Mozart composed the comic opera anyway.
—Chip Bell, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forbade
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This dynamic may be leading more people to try purported psilocybin products that are untested and prohibited but nonetheless sold at some retail stores, says legal researcher Mason Marks, a law professor at Florida State University who focused on psychedelics.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
11 Sep. 2025
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Photography and video recording are prohibited; also, no pets, weapons, smoking, laser pointers, flashlights, food or beverages.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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In contrast, 17 states -- such as Maryland and Wyoming -- that have not banned the use of wireless communication devices in schools on the state level.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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The city has also banned tour groups of more than 25 people, loudspeakers and megaphones, and even standing on narrow streets to listen to tour guides.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Forbade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forbade. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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