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
Almost every state imposes sales tax, except for Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon, which instead allows cities to charge a local sales tax.
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
Plaintiffs' lawyers say the latest policy also imposes unprecedented rules dictating when reporters can offer anonymity to sources.
—CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
However, this method imposes strict physical limits on size and power consumption, making further miniaturisation difficult.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2026
That increases costs and imposes time delays for mine developers – and means consumers will have to wait longer, and pay more, for copper-intensive products and services.
—Adam Charles Simon, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
Japan’s pacifist postwar constitution imposes strict limits on the use of force.
—Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
Besides age-verification requirements, the Mississippi law imposes obligations on websites to restrict certain types of content.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
Senate Bill 1296 imposes strict member voting rules to weaken those unions, threatening the bargaining rights for many workers at a time when Florida is increasingly unaffordable.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2026
Senate Bill 1296 imposes strict member voting rules to weaken those unions, threatening the bargaining rights for many workers at a time when Florida is increasingly unaffordable.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
Plaintiffs' lawyers say the latest policy also imposes unprecedented rules dictating when reporters can offer anonymity to sources.
—CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
However, this method imposes strict physical limits on size and power consumption, making further miniaturisation difficult.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2026
That increases costs and imposes time delays for mine developers – and means consumers will have to wait longer, and pay more, for copper-intensive products and services.
—Adam Charles Simon, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
Japan’s pacifist postwar constitution imposes strict limits on the use of force.
—Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
Besides age-verification requirements, the Mississippi law imposes obligations on websites to restrict certain types of content.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
Senate Bill 1296 imposes strict member voting rules to weaken those unions, threatening the bargaining rights for many workers at a time when Florida is increasingly unaffordable.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2026
Senate Bill 1296 imposes strict member voting rules to weaken those unions, threatening the bargaining rights for many workers at a time when Florida is increasingly unaffordable.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imposes
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Finally, the governor’s plan calls for raising the residential exemption on the 20-mills that Kansas levies to support public schools.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2026
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The initiative levies a 5% one-time tax on California billionaires, with 90% of the revenue going to fund health care services affected by the 2025 megabill.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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The state of California also fines taxpayers who didn’t withhold enough from their paychecks, with rates varying by offense.—
Alexiah Syrai Olsen,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Watchdog Fintrac fines crypto exchange Cryptomus some $126 million for failing to flag potentially criminal transactions.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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Competition, alliances, and egos collide as this group puts public reputations on the line, testing players’ self-reliance, problem-solving, and grit, per the logline.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2026
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Even Bahrain, the smallest Gulf economy, regularly puts the equivalent of more than 3% of GDP into its military.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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His administration charges into the same cultural battles Moms for Liberty staked its name on, including a push to keep transgender athletes out of girls’ sports.—
Collin Binkley,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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The two alternate versions of each other trade insults, but Spidey Miles charges up an electric venom shock and frees himself.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2026
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Before applying to be a special agent, Canvasser was a civilian employee assigned to the Office of Strategic Information and Intelligence, which monitors and assesses threats to the president and others under Secret Service protection.—
Sasha Pezenik,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The due diligence team reviews historical well records, verifies well locations in the field, assesses vapor and methane conditions, and coordinates closely with regulators and local agencies using a systematic approach.—
Tim Rathmann,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Shrinking lake ice exacts its price Depending on how much greenhouse gases warm the planet in the coming years, the average lake could lose up to 10 to 28 days of ice cover by the end of the century, says Sapna Sharma, a global change biologist at York University in Canada.—
Berly McCoy,
NPR,
2 Mar. 2026
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Colonialization exacts a heavy toll.—
Taylor Crumpton,
Time,
10 Feb. 2026
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