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
My job forbids employees from smoking weed.
—
Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Venus’ connection with Uranus forbids it!
—Usa Today, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
The gun law The statute at issue was enacted by Congress in 1968 as part of the Gun Control Act and forbids an unlawful drug user from having a firearm.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
New York, thanks to our state Constitution, forbids mid-decade redistricting, so a phony baloney lawsuit was ginned up to claim that the Staten Island/Brooklyn seat held by Malliotakis unfairly treats Black and Hispanic voters.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2026
The settlement forbids the family from disclosing details of the agreement.
—Amber Gaudet
updated February 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026
In Florida, voters in 2010 passed a constitutional amendment called Fair Districts that forbids lawmakers from drawing district boundaries for political purposes.
—Michael Van Sickler, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
These instances violate a county law that forbids the use of county resources for campaigning.
—Carlton Gillespie, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Zada believes that the power to keep AI outputs copyright clean lies in the hands of the prompter, meaning Secret Level forbids IP being cited in its text inputs.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Venus’ connection with Uranus forbids it!
—Usa Today, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
The gun law The statute at issue was enacted by Congress in 1968 as part of the Gun Control Act and forbids an unlawful drug user from having a firearm.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
New York, thanks to our state Constitution, forbids mid-decade redistricting, so a phony baloney lawsuit was ginned up to claim that the Staten Island/Brooklyn seat held by Malliotakis unfairly treats Black and Hispanic voters.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2026
The settlement forbids the family from disclosing details of the agreement.
—Amber Gaudet
updated February 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026
In Florida, voters in 2010 passed a constitutional amendment called Fair Districts that forbids lawmakers from drawing district boundaries for political purposes.
—Michael Van Sickler, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
These instances violate a county law that forbids the use of county resources for campaigning.
—Carlton Gillespie, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Zada believes that the power to keep AI outputs copyright clean lies in the hands of the prompter, meaning Secret Level forbids IP being cited in its text inputs.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forbids
Verb
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Meta, which also owns WhatsApp, prohibits children under 13 from using its platforms, but some manage to sign up anyway.—
MORGAN LEE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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The 21-page agreement prohibits the gathering or publication of any information that is not authorized by the government, including declassified information and off-the-record conversations, whether obtained on or off Pentagon grounds.—
Gary Grumbach,
NBC news,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Book bans themselves remain a unicorn in Chicago.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026
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The policy prohibits collective punishment — such as taking recess away from an entire class because of a few students' behavior — and bans silent lunches, a practice some students said felt unfair.—
Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Forbids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forbids. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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