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
Of the 71 lawsuits, courts have denied preliminary injunctions in 33 of them while granting 11.
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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
So far, most of the state-level legal skirmishes centered on Kalshi’s event contracts have involved cease-and-desist letters, seeking preliminary injunctions, and civil enforcement.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
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
So far, most of the state-level legal skirmishes centered on Kalshi’s event contracts have involved cease-and-desist letters, seeking preliminary injunctions, and civil enforcement.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injunctions
Noun
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So, the mission team gave the Artemis 2 crew some instructions.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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To switch to Google Messages, Samsung's website gives users instructions to download the app from the Play Store, if not already on their phone, and set it as the default.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Like most of her peers, Agnes follows her country’s various repressive edicts directed toward young women.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2026
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Covid-19 bred doubt about government edicts and skepticism about science, provoking an existential battle for truth.—
Richard Edelman,
Time,
18 Jan. 2026
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It was written by an agency that no longer exists, and 17 specific orders haven’t been updated since 2001.—
Tom Manzo,
Oc Register,
6 Apr. 2026
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The following month, a hit squad, reportedly acting on bin Salman’s orders, strangled Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist who had been critical of the regime, and used a bone saw to dismember his corpse.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Information flows upward through layers of reporting, and directives flow downward through chains of command.—
Lawrence Rosenberg,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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What the report found In response to the allegations in Minnesota, Abbott issued six directives to the state workforce and human services commissions to identify if Texas had a problem with improper payments, specifically with fraud.—
Jess Huff,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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Low-impact dyes, softer fabrications, and slub-character fabrics are among the key directions denim mills are pursuing for Fall/Winter 2027–2028.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Mar. 2026
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To tackle this issue, the new design boasts two sets of compressor blades rotating in opposite directions.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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And as for her new commandments?—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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After all, Moses famously spent 40 days and 40 nights alone on Mount Sinai before receiving the 10 commandments from God, and Buddha meditated for 49 days under a Bodhi tree before reaching enlightenment.—
Hannah Towey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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