as in to levy
to establish or apply as a charge or penalty
that state now imposes a fine for text messaging while driving
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Recent Examples of impose
Section 122, which has never been invoked, allows the president to impose tariffs of up to 15%, though they’re limited to five months unless extended by Congress.
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Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
The lawsuit also claims Section 122 tariffs violate the Constitution’s separation of powers, since Article 1 gives Congress—not the president—the power to tax and impose tariffs.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 5 Mar. 2026
Atmus’ lawsuit is among the roughly 2,000 that have been filed with the trade court seeking a refund of the tariffs imposed under IEEPA, or the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
—Reuters
wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
What remains consistent, Martin said, is the refusal to impose outside expectations.
—Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
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Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
The lawsuit also claims Section 122 tariffs violate the Constitution’s separation of powers, since Article 1 gives Congress—not the president—the power to tax and impose tariffs.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 5 Mar. 2026
Atmus’ lawsuit is among the roughly 2,000 that have been filed with the trade court seeking a refund of the tariffs imposed under IEEPA, or the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
—Reuters
wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
What remains consistent, Martin said, is the refusal to impose outside expectations.
—Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impose
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Any effort to create new brackets, levy a local income tax surcharge, or adjust who pays what requires state approval.—
Tiffany Caban,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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The fine was levied by James Jones, the league’s executive vice president and head of basketball operations.—
Mike Curtis,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Rio’s Civil Police said the four young men in pretrial detention will be charged with rape, while a fifth suspect — a minor — turned himself in Friday to face an equivalent charge under juvenile law.—
Eléonore Hughes,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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She has not been charged with any crime.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2026
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The 39-year-old Malkin has been fined five times and suspended twice previously in his NHL career, one game for high-sticking Philadelphia’s Michael Raffl in February 2019 and four games in April 2022 for cross-checking Nashville’s Mark Borowiecki.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Kalshi suspended the editor from its platform for two years, fined him $20,000 and alerted federal regulators.—
James Pollard,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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The lobbyist helped secure Downtown Plaza as the site for the new Kings arena, putting together a deal with real estate developers to purchase the site and later sell it for a significant profit.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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That idea was put forth way back in 1929 by Fritz Zwicky, the same Fritz Zwicky who coined the term supernova and was the first to theorize the existence of dark matter.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Mar. 2026
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Validating the framework A Unitree G1 humanoid robot was used for experiential training to assess the framework’s impact.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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The refs by the way did not assess a technical foul to KU for trying to start six players since Williams waved the walkons off before the actual tip.—
Gary Bedore
March 4,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Impose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impose. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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