as in instructions
a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned
in the cult there were injunctions for and against everything, as nothing was a matter of personal choice
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Recent Examples of injunctions
The second-most common type of enforcement actions (20 out of 88) noted in the report were injunctions to stop legal violations.
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Sarah Todd, STAT, 10 Apr. 2026
Of the 71 lawsuits, courts have denied preliminary injunctions in 33 of them while granting 11.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Of those cases, 33 preliminary injunctions have been denied and 13 have been granted.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
And two federal circuit courts of appeal upheld injunctions blocking the order from taking effect.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
Very few Christians, even at the beginning, adopted the strict ethical injunctions of Jesus himself.
—Big Think, 26 Mar. 2026
The Anabaptists were a radical nonconformist sect that took the egalitarian, pacifist, and renunciatory injunctions of the Bible seriously and tried to organize communal living, before being ruthlessly persecuted by the authorities and other Protestant sects.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
With preliminary injunctions in place, construction has resumed, and one project is already delivering power.
—Tamara Keith, NPR, 24 Mar. 2026
About two dozen of the state’s roughly 1,200 school districts were barred from hanging the posters after federal judges issued injunctions in cases against the law.
—Sara Cline, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Sarah Todd, STAT, 10 Apr. 2026
Of the 71 lawsuits, courts have denied preliminary injunctions in 33 of them while granting 11.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Of those cases, 33 preliminary injunctions have been denied and 13 have been granted.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
And two federal circuit courts of appeal upheld injunctions blocking the order from taking effect.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
Very few Christians, even at the beginning, adopted the strict ethical injunctions of Jesus himself.
—Big Think, 26 Mar. 2026
The Anabaptists were a radical nonconformist sect that took the egalitarian, pacifist, and renunciatory injunctions of the Bible seriously and tried to organize communal living, before being ruthlessly persecuted by the authorities and other Protestant sects.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
With preliminary injunctions in place, construction has resumed, and one project is already delivering power.
—Tamara Keith, NPR, 24 Mar. 2026
About two dozen of the state’s roughly 1,200 school districts were barred from hanging the posters after federal judges issued injunctions in cases against the law.
—Sara Cline, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injunctions
Noun
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Road closures remain in place Road closures continue across portions of Echols and Clinch counties near the Pineland Road fire, and officials are urging drivers to follow all barricades and instructions from law enforcement.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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The American Frugal Housewife (1829), A Treatise on Domestic Economy (1842), and The American Woman’s Home (1869) offered instructions on everything from bread-baking to furniture to babies, all wrapped up with a submit-to-your-husband bow.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
Noun
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My worry is edicts from Hartford.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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While many edicts are necessary to protect public safety, many more are redundant, wasteful and anti-competitive, piling on unnecessary costs and stymieing innovation.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Unwilling to take orders or play by the rules of polite society, the two partner up as a bookmaker and his enforcer and run an illicit gambling operation that proves highly profitable — but dangerous.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
4 May 2026
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Commanders in the special forces are not taught to simply issue orders; that’d rob them of the initiative and ownership that’s essential to rapidly changing, high-stakes environments.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 May 2026
Noun
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The office also handles business registrations, oversees the state archives and runs a potpourri of other state programs, like commissioning notaries public and maintaining a registry for advance care directives.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Bass has previously announced directives regarding strategic LAPD deployment, including in March after a brawl broke out in connection to a street takeover near upscale apartments in downtown.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Staff were stationed throughout, giving runners directions, passing out water and cheering us on.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Regular service on the Tehran–Moscow route will operate on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays in both directions, IRNA reported, citing officials with Mahan Air.—
Mustafa Qadri,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Consider these our contemporary cupcake commandments, illustrated by three new recipes that are, as Carrie would say, fabulous.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Apr. 2026
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Copying them carefully, Mary Kay took his catchphrases as commandments.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Injunctions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injunctions. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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