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
Perplexity imposes limitations on file uploads for free users, but its documentation doesn't specify exactly what those are.
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PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
Cosmologists and mathematical physicists often seek ways to circumvent the theorem, looking to quantum gravity (or other non-standard scenarios) to break us out of the requirements that general relativity imposes.
—Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
The policy, which imposes new limitations on journalists’ access and bars them from soliciting information from the agency that has not been authorized for release, even if it is unclassified, raised warnings from media organizations and the majority of the Pentagon reporters refused to sign it.
—Connor Greene, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Each moment of combat imposes a strain so great that men will break down in direct relation to the intensity and duration of their exposure.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
The compromise imposes a needless five-step test for proper rear-seat seat-belt use.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
Any fine that the league imposes on him will be pocket change for him.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
The bill then imposes strict bail guidelines for those who have previously been convicted of violent offenses, and even for first-time offenders.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The board's removal order imposes daily civil penalties of $998 for each day Guevara hasn’t left the country.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
Cosmologists and mathematical physicists often seek ways to circumvent the theorem, looking to quantum gravity (or other non-standard scenarios) to break us out of the requirements that general relativity imposes.
—Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
The policy, which imposes new limitations on journalists’ access and bars them from soliciting information from the agency that has not been authorized for release, even if it is unclassified, raised warnings from media organizations and the majority of the Pentagon reporters refused to sign it.
—Connor Greene, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Each moment of combat imposes a strain so great that men will break down in direct relation to the intensity and duration of their exposure.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
The compromise imposes a needless five-step test for proper rear-seat seat-belt use.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
Any fine that the league imposes on him will be pocket change for him.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
The bill then imposes strict bail guidelines for those who have previously been convicted of violent offenses, and even for first-time offenders.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The board's removal order imposes daily civil penalties of $998 for each day Guevara hasn’t left the country.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imposes
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Casting blame on Tylenol for autism wrongly positions the condition as a problem—and levies unfair guilt on moms.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
23 Sep. 2025
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Unlike the blanket levies the US imposed on much of the world in April, the steel and aluminum tariffs are not the target of litigation making its way to the Supreme Court.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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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
Verb
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The new browser looks a lot like traditional ones such as Google Chrome, but puts ChatGPT at the center of the browsing experience and weaves AI into the user experience.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Instead, the country has pioneered a Blue Economy—an ocean-first approach that puts conservation before consumption, sustainability before spectacle.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The solar energy also charges a Sonnen ecoLinx energy management system.—
Ryan Ballogg,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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The indictment charges a conspiracy dating to January 2016 through October 2025 involving fentanyl, heroin, crack cocaine and cocaine.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Cunning and a team of 46 other researchers published a grim study in the journal Science on Thursday that assesses the damage caused by a historic 2023 marine heat wave in Florida.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
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Morton assesses this political and royal insider’s tactics and actions through often turbulent times in the book — and believes his bond with the Windsors was closer than anyone's.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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All of this exacts a fuzzy psychological toll.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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One game for the division (and the division’s one playoff spot)… And Seattle exacts revenge for 2019.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Imposes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imposes. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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