infringes

Definition of infringesnext
present tense third-person singular of infringe

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for infringes
Verb
  • Alderson, president of the school’s Young Democrats club, said the governor’s endorsement violates the requirement that governments not favor a particular religion.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Two federal lawsuits have been filed in Florida challenging the requirement, arguing that requiring documentary proof of citizenship and marking that status on identification violates constitutional protections under the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
    Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Tua Tagovailoa/Mike McDaniel era ultimately failed, now Dolfans are being begged for yet more patience as the onerous burden of Tagovailoa’s contract impinges on the rebuild.
    Greg Cote April 6, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Markets have not fallen further because the outlook for earnings growth remains bullish, Turnquist said — though that could change the longer the conflict drags on and further impinges on consumer spending and business investment.
    Rob Wile, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The video shows the religious leader begging the Lebanese Army not to withdraw from southern Lebanon, as Israel invades.
    Lauren Frayer, NPR, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Acute myeloid leukemia begins in the bone marrow and typically invades the bloodstream thereafter, according to the American Cancer Society.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The plaintiffs in Wednesday's lawsuit argued the order unconstitutionally intrudes on Congress and the states' power to regulate elections, since the Constitution doesn't give the president any direct authority over how federal elections are conducted.
    Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Currently, a team of local researchers in North Carolina is collaborating to better understand how dredging may lead to the formation of more ghost forests and salinity, in an effort to gauge just how salt water intrudes the river system and how much salt water is needed to impact local ecosystems.
    Patrick Sisson, Scientific American, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • But history suggests that war hardens political systems and entrenches dictatorships.
    Alex Shams, Time, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The brooding aesthetic that usually entrenches a McQueen show was given a bit of levity in Seán McGirr’s fall collection.
    Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
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“Infringes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infringes. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.

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