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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as in to use
to take unfair advantage of
thanks for offering your own bed, but I wouldn't dream of imposing on you and will be perfectly happy on the couch
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Recent Examples of impose
Max Zahn, ABC News, 15 May 2025
Israel has imposed more than two months of blockade on the territory, barring the entry of all aid, including food, fuel and medicine.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 15 May 2025
There is no reason for this subpoena other than to distract from the facts of the case and impose undue burden and expense on a non-party.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
To make, not impose, peace Mr. Trump repeatedly cast himself as a peacemaker but not as a peace-imposer, repudiating his predecessors – Republican and Democratic alike – who sought to remake the Middle East in the West’s image and according to Western values.
—Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2025
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The move also excluded such products from a 10% across-the-board tariff imposed on nearly all imports.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 15 May 2025
Israel has imposed more than two months of blockade on the territory, barring the entry of all aid, including food, fuel and medicine.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 15 May 2025
There is no reason for this subpoena other than to distract from the facts of the case and impose undue burden and expense on a non-party.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
To make, not impose, peace Mr. Trump repeatedly cast himself as a peacemaker but not as a peace-imposer, repudiating his predecessors – Republican and Democratic alike – who sought to remake the Middle East in the West’s image and according to Western values.
—Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2025
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“Impose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impose. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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