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
Instead, the stay is warranted by the Supreme Court's decisions to stay injunctions ordering the reinstatement of removed officers.
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Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Barrett has sided with the conservative majority in many cases, bolstering national gun rights, ending affirmative action, and limiting the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions in a more recent birthright citizenship decision.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
In each case, a federal judge has ordered a temporary stop to the caps, but those decisions involve only temporary injunctions that are being appealed by the government.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Weatherington, Audrey White, and Bernard Jennings are named in the injunctions.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
His ruling applied only to those jurisdictions, as opposed to other court injunctions that have held nationwide implications.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 23 Aug. 2025
After several years of limited success with civil injunctions based on zoning violations, then-City Attorney Jan Goldsmith began criminally prosecuting unlicensed operators and their landlords in early 2016.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
Specifically, judges denied preliminary injunctions in 16 lawsuits and granted them in five.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 Aug. 2025
In their countersuit, TBN wants the judicial system to give them a mix of damages, injunctions, and stock amendment deal enforcement – because the Lord giveth, and the Lord certainly taketh away.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Barrett has sided with the conservative majority in many cases, bolstering national gun rights, ending affirmative action, and limiting the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions in a more recent birthright citizenship decision.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
In each case, a federal judge has ordered a temporary stop to the caps, but those decisions involve only temporary injunctions that are being appealed by the government.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Weatherington, Audrey White, and Bernard Jennings are named in the injunctions.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
His ruling applied only to those jurisdictions, as opposed to other court injunctions that have held nationwide implications.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 23 Aug. 2025
After several years of limited success with civil injunctions based on zoning violations, then-City Attorney Jan Goldsmith began criminally prosecuting unlicensed operators and their landlords in early 2016.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
Specifically, judges denied preliminary injunctions in 16 lawsuits and granted them in five.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 Aug. 2025
In their countersuit, TBN wants the judicial system to give them a mix of damages, injunctions, and stock amendment deal enforcement – because the Lord giveth, and the Lord certainly taketh away.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injunctions
Noun
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Follow evacuation instructions without delay.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Sep. 2025
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Follow the instructions of the authorities on the ground.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ever since, as the Taliban returned to power, once again issuing edicts to suppress women and girls, the clinic and its 34-year-old midwife Atifa have continued to provide a lifeline for mothers and young children.—
Elise Blanchard,
Time,
21 Aug. 2025
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One of the fundamental edicts of the [original Naked Gun creators] Zucker Brothers was you played against the comedy.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Finding the best drugstore moisturizer should entail a little playtime, and that’s doctor’s orders.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
4 Sep. 2025
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Tuesday’s majority ruling directly challenges the Supreme Court to overrule its precedent, citing its recent orders via the emergency docket.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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DeSantis has long styled Florida as a counterweight to federal public health directives.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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The European Union is to enforce several new directives aimed at increasing transparency in supply chains, such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, as well as the EU Forced Labor Regulation.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There’s has been a lot of innuendo; talk of wrong directions and disharmony.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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Follow the directions on the seed package for spacing and planting depth.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The pomegranate contains all the commandments of God in its seeds; the divine inhabits it.—
Demir Alp,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Aug. 2025
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In fact, Faulkner even established her own set of principles, known as Epic’s 10 commandments, that are plastered all over the company’s sprawling 1,670-acre campus.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Injunctions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injunctions. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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