Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-no's
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Ideally, wrote Davis in a follow-up email, the government agency will spell out its specific concerns about each peptide, and then describe what data would be needed for the FDA to overturn its prohibitions.—
Sara Talpos — Undark,
STAT,
3 Feb. 2026 -
Governments ban all sorts of goods and services for youth, adults, or both, and most prohibitions do not create other devastating social problems.—
Keith Humphreys,
The Atlantic,
2 Feb. 2026
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Teams such as the Suns spent their way into the apron with an incomplete team and had to deconstruct themselves to get out of the restraints.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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The restaurant was in violation of 16 standards, including employees not using hair restraints and rust accumulation on prep surfaces.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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Jailbreaking in this context refers to a process that removes software restrictions placed on a piece of hardware.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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This unit will also enforce Florida’s existing foreign adversary laws — including restrictions on land ownership — and expand accountability to companies and individuals aligned with hostile regimes that threaten Floridians’ privacy, security and sovereignty.—
February 17,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2026
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Virgo The Saturn-Neptune conjunction occurs in your eighth house of intimacy, intimate bonds, and shared resources, encouraging you to grapple with boundaries and limitations tied to your closest relationships.—
Maressa Brown,
InStyle,
20 Feb. 2026
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Coleman’s bill on the removal of the KCPS mill levy from the Missouri Constitution was combined with a bill by Taylor, which modifies operating levy limitations.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There’s something disturbing about these proscriptions, which is why both Kalmey and Miola identify them as critical.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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That makes what these stellar series pulled off even more impressive given the budgetary and reputational constraints.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
18 Feb. 2026
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Leaders and the public will confront new energy constraints and solutions.—
Jared Cohen,
Time,
18 Feb. 2026
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In a race to find out who caused this marital mayhem, emotions will be high, inhibitions will be low, and everyone will have access to an open bar.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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Narcissists sometimes get worse with age, as their remaining inhibitions fall away.—
David Brooks,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
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That changed with the embargoes and boycotts of the First World War—exactly the time that Eastern European Jews were getting their American foothold.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Biden’s national security advisers may not have used the same language in public, but boosting US oil and gas production as a means of countering the influence of Russia and Gulf states has been a common goal for US presidents going back at least to the Arab oil embargoes of the 1970s.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
9 Dec. 2025
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“No-no's.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-no%27s. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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