as in levies
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 imposes
Guns rights advocates — including politically powerful groups such as the National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America — vowed to fight any proposal that imposes a blanket gun ban targeting a segment of the population.
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Alanna Durkin Richer, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
At that wavelength, optics imposes a hard requirement.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
For critics, the pattern has laid bare the limits of the 2012 STOCK Act, which requires trades to be reported within weeks but imposes penalties so light that they are often shrugged off.
—Nik Popli, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Unfortunately, too often today, the legal system mostly imposes an expensive surcharge on all aspects of life, and prevents normal community activities that are good, not only for physical health, but mental and emotional health too.
—Carrie Lukas, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Touzani’s goal was to portray a different kind of old age, one full of life and dignity and free from the limitations society often imposes.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
The law imposes an 80-hour monthly work requirement on childless adults receiving Medicaid, increases state cost-sharing obligations, and tightens eligibility rules.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Despite this, the FTC alleges that the new option imposes an unnecessary burden.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
The most likely result is perpetuation of the status quo, under which Israel controls the entirety of the territory between the River and the Sea and imposes differing degrees of authority over Palestinians under its dominion.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Alanna Durkin Richer, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
At that wavelength, optics imposes a hard requirement.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
For critics, the pattern has laid bare the limits of the 2012 STOCK Act, which requires trades to be reported within weeks but imposes penalties so light that they are often shrugged off.
—Nik Popli, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Unfortunately, too often today, the legal system mostly imposes an expensive surcharge on all aspects of life, and prevents normal community activities that are good, not only for physical health, but mental and emotional health too.
—Carrie Lukas, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Touzani’s goal was to portray a different kind of old age, one full of life and dignity and free from the limitations society often imposes.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
The law imposes an 80-hour monthly work requirement on childless adults receiving Medicaid, increases state cost-sharing obligations, and tightens eligibility rules.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Despite this, the FTC alleges that the new option imposes an unnecessary burden.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
The most likely result is perpetuation of the status quo, under which Israel controls the entirety of the territory between the River and the Sea and imposes differing degrees of authority over Palestinians under its dominion.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imposes
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However, this tax liability does not stop at the federal level, as Wisconsin also levies an income tax.—
Nathan Goldman,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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This spending puts them in the same ballpark as Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City, but is still shy of Chelsea, who have spent more than £2bn in the same period, although their net spend will be much lower than that figure given their success at selling players.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Jaime Zehner, founder and principal designer of JZ Interiors, puts a Cali cool twist on traditional style.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
3 Sep. 2025
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Apple typically charges $100 more to double the amount of the iPhone’s storage from 128GB to 256GB.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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The stadium funding package included a reduction in a sales tax administrative fee the state charges the city and county that is intended to help cover the annual payments.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The district assesses students around phonics and phonemic awareness (the ability to hear individual sounds in words) and separates kids into small groups for more individualized instruction.—
Lily Altavena,
Freep.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Carry progression assesses the percentage of a player’s ball carries that move their team significantly closer to an opposition’s goal — in football speak, the ability to move their team up the pitch.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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All the other cord cutting exacts its pound of flesh!—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Imposes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imposes. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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