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Recent Examples of prohibition The dispute deals with the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act – and its prohibition against the military serving in domestic law enforcement. Bart Jansen, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025 The prohibition applies only to those products containing TPO, according to the Nail Manufacturer Council on Safety, part of the Professional Beauty Association, a nonprofit advocacy community for beauty professionals across the United States. Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025 New York, South Carolina and Oklahoma have introduced bills proposing the prohibition of energy drink sales to anyone under 18. Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025 Previous attempts to get lawmakers to reverse that prohibition have failed to gain traction. State House News Service, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prohibition
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prohibition
Noun
  • The brothers argue that the banning of their accounts amounts to a breach of contract and caused substantial financial losses, bringing a dozen claims against both Meta and TikTok.
    Julia Shapero, The Hill, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Schlep concedes to being relatively powerless, but says he’s been heartened by the online community’s response to his banning.
    Steven Asarch, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Critics and rights groups argued that both the ban and the bill function as tools for censorship, threatening freedom of expression, press freedom and fundamental rights.
    Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
  • That includes supporting a ban on semiautomatic automatic weapons and high capacity magazines.
    Mark Vancleave, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Prohibition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prohibition. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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