as in forbidden
that may not be permitted
there will be no toleration for smoking and other prohibited activities
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as in banned
to order not to do or use or to be done or used
the city prohibits swimming in the lake after dark
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Recent Examples of prohibited
Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 11 July 2025
The list of prohibited and restricted items, as found on the CBP website, includes alcohol, biological materials, firearms, food and produce such as fruits and vegetables, soil, wildlife, fish, and gold, among other items.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
For example, Customs and Border Protection in the United States maintains a list of prohibited and restricted items for anyone entering the US and links to other departments if permits are required.
—Erica Kasper, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
Travelers can visit the CBP website to learn more about prohibited and restricted items.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2024
The alleged owner of the alligator has been charged with keeping a prohibited and dangerous exotic species, according to the Monmouth County SPCA.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 21 Jan. 2023
For a full list of prohibited and permissible items, visit https://www.vangoghphx.com/faq.
—Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 24 Aug. 2021
Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
Tennessee law has prohibited local sanctuary policies since 2019.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
The new restrictions in Europe do not mean gel polish itself is prohibited.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Schools that enroll elementary or middle school students and high school students would be prohibited from using cellphones in class under Tisdel's bill.
—Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Fireworks, as always, are prohibited in national forests.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Across all 30 countries, an average of 55% said smartphones should be prohibited in schools.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Photography is prohibited during the performance, so put your phone away and soak in the live experience.
—Emma Caldwell, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Even if the Treasury Department rulemaking clarifies that rewards are prohibited under the law, so long as exchanges are not stablecoin issuers, the restriction would not apply to them.
—Owen Tedford, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
There is, however, room for questions about where the line between prohibited and acceptable political involvement will fall in practice.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 11 July 2025
The list of prohibited and restricted items, as found on the CBP website, includes alcohol, biological materials, firearms, food and produce such as fruits and vegetables, soil, wildlife, fish, and gold, among other items.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
For example, Customs and Border Protection in the United States maintains a list of prohibited and restricted items for anyone entering the US and links to other departments if permits are required.
—Erica Kasper, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
Travelers can visit the CBP website to learn more about prohibited and restricted items.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2024
The alleged owner of the alligator has been charged with keeping a prohibited and dangerous exotic species, according to the Monmouth County SPCA.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 21 Jan. 2023
For a full list of prohibited and permissible items, visit https://www.vangoghphx.com/faq.
—Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 24 Aug. 2021
Verb
The resulting bill that cleared the Legislature during the regular legislative session would have prohibited consumable hemp products containing a cannabinoid other than CBD or CBG, which do not produce a high.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
Tennessee law has prohibited local sanctuary policies since 2019.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
The new restrictions in Europe do not mean gel polish itself is prohibited.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Schools that enroll elementary or middle school students and high school students would be prohibited from using cellphones in class under Tisdel's bill.
—Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Fireworks, as always, are prohibited in national forests.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Across all 30 countries, an average of 55% said smartphones should be prohibited in schools.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Photography is prohibited during the performance, so put your phone away and soak in the live experience.
—Emma Caldwell, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Even if the Treasury Department rulemaking clarifies that rewards are prohibited under the law, so long as exchanges are not stablecoin issuers, the restriction would not apply to them.
—Owen Tedford, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prohibited
Adjective
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Describing the damping precisely meant accidentally allowing forbidden precision in position or momentum.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Aug. 2025
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Anthropic has introduced weekly rate limits for its Claude chatbot focused on curbing excessive—and forbidden—usage of Claude Code.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
29 July 2025
Verb
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But others reportedly continued to ignore the order, so when the deadline passed, the government banned 26 social-media platforms, including Meta’s Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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He was banned on three occasions for biting opponents during matches.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Though the topic didn’t come up during Friday afternoon’s press conference, the director recently made headlines because he and his writing partner Don McKellar were kicked out of the Writers Guild of America for violating union rules that forbade working during the union’s 2023 strike.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
29 Aug. 2025
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Sean Duffy, the federal Department of Transportation secretary, has, in recent months, threatened to pull funding over New York City’s congestion pricing program — until a federal judge forbade him from doing so.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
19 Aug. 2025
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That’s largely because, in recent centuries, waves of colonizers globally discouraged or even outlawed the teaching and learning of Indigenous languages — eradication that researchers and technologists like Boyer, as well as organizations like UNESCO, are now working to undo.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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In other words, the maps may have been outlawed — but their consequences are still being lived.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Prohibited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prohibited. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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