as in tax
a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use
an imposition of 10% on imported goods
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Advertisement Human Rights Watch said that since the March 2022 imposition of the state of emergency in El Salvador, the police and military have arrested more than 80,000 people in the crackdown, including at least 3,000 children, mostly on suspicion of being affiliated with gangs.
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Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
But if my prosthesis came pre-stamped with a Taylor Swift theme, that would be an imposition.
—Chloé Valentine Toscano, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2024
This is the second imposition of a state emergency in a Russian region, as Kyiv continued its largest incursion on enemy soil since the start of Moscow’s full-fledged invasion in February 2022.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2024
The withdrawal of international assistance and the imposition of sanctions has plunged the Afghan people deep into a humanitarian crisis, with more than 23 million in need of urgent assistance, most of them women and girls.
—Binaifer Nowrojee, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024
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Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
But if my prosthesis came pre-stamped with a Taylor Swift theme, that would be an imposition.
—Chloé Valentine Toscano, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2024
This is the second imposition of a state emergency in a Russian region, as Kyiv continued its largest incursion on enemy soil since the start of Moscow’s full-fledged invasion in February 2022.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2024
The withdrawal of international assistance and the imposition of sanctions has plunged the Afghan people deep into a humanitarian crisis, with more than 23 million in need of urgent assistance, most of them women and girls.
—Binaifer Nowrojee, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Imposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imposition. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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