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Recent Examples of prohibitionist
Rather than celebrate, prohibitionists demand more restrictions, more penalties, more stigma.
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Martin Cullip, Boston Herald, 1 Oct. 2025
That bill passed the Senate but never even got a hearing in the House — a discordant note in an otherwise relentless prohibitionist score.
—Robert Hoban, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Abolitionists, farmers, emancipated Blacks, mechanics, prohibitionists, and populists all used fusion voting during the 19th century to make sure that their voices were heard by their fellow citizens as well as the leaders of this vast, diverse nation.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
On the other hand, Idaho, Kansas, Wyoming, South Carolina, Nebraska and North Carolina remain prohibitionist states with efforts at legalization for either medical or adult-use failing to make it across the finish line.
—Iris Dorbian, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
So what and who are today’s marijuana prohibitionists?
—Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Martin Cullip, Boston Herald, 1 Oct. 2025
That bill passed the Senate but never even got a hearing in the House — a discordant note in an otherwise relentless prohibitionist score.
—Robert Hoban, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Abolitionists, farmers, emancipated Blacks, mechanics, prohibitionists, and populists all used fusion voting during the 19th century to make sure that their voices were heard by their fellow citizens as well as the leaders of this vast, diverse nation.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
On the other hand, Idaho, Kansas, Wyoming, South Carolina, Nebraska and North Carolina remain prohibitionist states with efforts at legalization for either medical or adult-use failing to make it across the finish line.
—Iris Dorbian, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
So what and who are today’s marijuana prohibitionists?
—Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prohibitionist
Noun
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Americans are drinking less than ever—and a growing share are teetotalers.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
13 Jan. 2026
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In recent years, bars across the city have started offering mocktails and non-alcoholic beer and wine so teetotalers aren't limited to soda water and lime.—
Data Reporter,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Heavier drinkers had higher mortality than lighter drinkers, but the study excluded lifelong abstainers — many of whom stop drinking because of illness or medication use.—
Robert M. Kaplan,
STAT,
1 Jan. 2026
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