forbiddances

noun

plural of forbiddance
as in prohibitions

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  1. prohibitions
  2. withdrawals
  3. suspensions
Noun
  • These prohibitions include drag, burlesque and karaoke events.
    — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 14 July 2026
  • Trump in his current term has used proclamations to lift commercial fishing prohibitions within expansive marine monuments in areas of the Pacific Ocean and in the Atlantic Ocean off the New England coast.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Definition of prohibitions
Noun
  • Even though Yates told staff of her drug use history, staff placed her in a cell where she would not be monitored for withdrawals or overdoses, the suit alleged.
    — Theresa Clift July 17, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
  • Second, unless the account holder is withdrawing their money to help pay for their education, to buy a home or deal with disaster recovery, any withdrawals are subject to ordinary income tax rates.
    — Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 17 July 2026
Definition of withdrawals
Noun
  • And when those providers challenged the suspensions, investigations upheld 80% of decisions — because the enforcement was built on data, not guesswork.
    — Mehmet Oz, Boston Herald, 13 July 2026
  • Indigenous students lose eight to 10 times more classroom days to suspensions than white students, while Hispanic students lose three to four times as many, according to the 47-page report released by the state’s Department of Justice last week.
    — Bryant Furlow, ProPublica, 13 July 2026
Definition of suspensions
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