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prohibitory

adjective

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Recent Examples of prohibitory In 2022, a court allowed a prohibitory bathroom policy to stand in a Florida school district. — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024 Alabama officials say that prohibitory language does not apply to the category of expenditures the state is using for the prisons. — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 7 Jan. 2022 Lawyers are seeking a prohibitory order against the execution at a hearing on Monday, having exhausted all other legal appeals. — Helen Regan, CNN, 8 Nov. 2021 Already, the Indian state is using its arsenal of prohibitory orders to contain these legitimate protests. — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2019 To tackle any law and order situation, the region has been put under a heavy security cover, with prohibitory orders in place against public assembly. — Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2019

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Gen Z has become decidedly frustrated with the often prohibitive costs of higher education.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Much harder than his Democratic rival and the prohibitive front-runner, Xavier Becerra.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of prohibitive

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But Michael Edney, who worked at the OLC under Bush, said the opinion’s reading of executive privilege was not unreasonable, given the importance that some presidents place on outside consultation.

— Perry Stein, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026
Both sides have accused each other of being unreasonable and of ignoring practical concerns about voting and election security, though in very different ways.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of unreasonable

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The governor’s race comes as Californians are deeply frustrated by the state’s exorbitant housing costs, top-in-the-nation gasoline prices and high taxes, as well as its entrenched homelessness crisis.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Prices may seem a little exorbitant, but the portions are more than generous.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of exorbitant

Adjective

Like most of the country’s entries over the past decade, this blockbuster epic — a summer box office hit at home — makes for an extravagant display of the strength of the nation’s commercial film industry.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Noem was also under fire for extravagant spending at the department, while placing restrictions on FEMA disaster relief funds.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026

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