as in prohibits
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 forbids
Dale forbids Brennan to touch his beloved drum kit; Brennan responds by rubbing a NSFW part of his anatomy along the skins.
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
The first, from Dick, forbids it from using the old single-Black-district maps.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 18 Mar. 2025
The city also must follow a 2017 ruling by the state’s highest court that forbids Massachusetts authorities from holding a person otherwise entitled to release from custody based solely on a federal request.
—Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025
The bills also forbids housing children in jails with adult offenders while the children await trial.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
The justices concluded that charter schools are public under state law, and that the First Amendment’s establishment clause forbids public schools from being religious.
—Suzanne Eckes, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2025
The court also found that a religious charter school would violate Oklahoma’s constitution, which specifically forbids public money from benefiting religious organizations.
—Suzanne Eckes, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2025
Ukraine is under martial law which under its constitution forbids the holding of elections.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
Police Department policy forbids the detectives from commenting while an internal affairs investigation is underway, according to an email from Roubal, who declined to comment further.
—Donna McGuire, Cummings,
and Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025
Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
The first, from Dick, forbids it from using the old single-Black-district maps.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 18 Mar. 2025
The city also must follow a 2017 ruling by the state’s highest court that forbids Massachusetts authorities from holding a person otherwise entitled to release from custody based solely on a federal request.
—Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025
The bills also forbids housing children in jails with adult offenders while the children await trial.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
The justices concluded that charter schools are public under state law, and that the First Amendment’s establishment clause forbids public schools from being religious.
—Suzanne Eckes, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2025
The court also found that a religious charter school would violate Oklahoma’s constitution, which specifically forbids public money from benefiting religious organizations.
—Suzanne Eckes, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2025
Ukraine is under martial law which under its constitution forbids the holding of elections.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
Police Department policy forbids the detectives from commenting while an internal affairs investigation is underway, according to an email from Roubal, who declined to comment further.
—Donna McGuire, Cummings,
and Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forbids
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Current Indiana law prohibits transgender girls in K-12 schools from competing in sports based on gender identity.—
Jackson Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Jan. 2025
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California business groups have sued to stop the state from implementing a new law that prohibits companies from ordering workers to attend meetings on unionization and other matters.—
Suhauna Hussain,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Forbids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forbids. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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