as in edict
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 injunction
In response to a lawsuit, a federal judge issued an injunction barring the administration from fully enforcing the orders.
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ProPublica, 12 June 2025
Bonta may or may not be able to convince a federal judge issue an injunction preventing Trump from enforcing the resolutions, but the administration has established a pretty strong winning percentage on such matters at the appellate and Supreme Court levels.
—David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
County district attorneys should dismiss all remaining gang injunctions.
—Sean Garcia Leys, Oc Register, 10 June 2025
The five departing schools could seek an injunction preventing the other seven from making decisions that impact them for 2025-26, their last year in the conference.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
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ProPublica, 12 June 2025
Bonta may or may not be able to convince a federal judge issue an injunction preventing Trump from enforcing the resolutions, but the administration has established a pretty strong winning percentage on such matters at the appellate and Supreme Court levels.
—David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
County district attorneys should dismiss all remaining gang injunctions.
—Sean Garcia Leys, Oc Register, 10 June 2025
The five departing schools could seek an injunction preventing the other seven from making decisions that impact them for 2025-26, their last year in the conference.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for injunction
Noun
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Ball State University and Ivy Tech Community College have already eliminated DEI programs in response to GOP edicts.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 May 2025
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However, in keeping with a new edict from the chancellor and his new government, tangible details of that deal were not forthcoming.—
Sebastian Shukla,
CNN Money,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Earlier instructions to stop antibiotics were premature, and a longer course was necessary.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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Where applicable, include order confirmations, status updates, and next-step instructions.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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By Sunday, as images of burning self-driving cars and confrontations near the downtown federal detention center spread across social media, Trump issued a presidential order deploying 2,000 National Guard troops.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
11 June 2025
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In an order issued last Friday, U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III sided with the NCAA and rejected Coley’s motion for a preliminary injunction.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2025
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Presumably, there will be a clear directive from the new boss to utilise these games to implement his tactics and kick off his tenure with a signature win.—
Brett Koremenos,
New York Times,
12 June 2025
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Perhaps the most telling objectives of the Trump administration’s sweeping directives have been orders issued to a number of major law firms in the United States.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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There is some irony that the lawmakers working on the bill with preliminary votes on both Saturday and Sunday, the Jewish Sabbath and the Christian Sabbath, violated the commandment to keep the Sabbath day holy.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2025
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Democratic lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted Saturday to amend the bill to include other religious texts or multiple translations of the commandments, with all such amendments failing to be adopted.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 May 2025
Noun
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This after Windows 11 dipped and Windows 10 recovered in May, widening the gap between new and old in the wrong direction.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Emerging from the London Underground, Turnpike Lane has a bustling shopping area in either direction: cafés, supermarkets and takeaways with plenty of people mulling about.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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The landscape was further muddled by the CDC announcing that the Covid-19 vaccines would remain on the childhood immunization schedule, contradicting RFK Jr.’s decree.—
Shreyas Teegala,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
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In 2022, the war’s early months, Zelenskyy repeatedly called for a personal meeting with the Russian president but was rebuffed, and eventually enacted a decree declaring that holding negotiations with Putin had become impossible.—
SAMYA KULLAB,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2025
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“Injunction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injunction. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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