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prohibitory

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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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Adjective

Traditional studios might adopt Chinese models for some preproduction tasks such as concepting, but the geopolitical and intellectual property risks for commercial generations are too prohibitive.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Small and medium enterprises are now able to use AI for complex tasks like predictive supply chain management and personalized marketing, processes that were previously cost-prohibitive.

— Vaibhav Dani, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of prohibitive

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His certification is temporarily suspended due to excessive or unreasonable force from the incident, according to the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
Your request for back-to-back weeks off at the last minute is unreasonable.

— Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 3 July 2026

Definition of unreasonable

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For Holland, Buffett, and Musk, accumulating wealth hasn’t necessarily translated into extravagant spending.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 July 2026
Northland through my eyes Kansas City’s time in the limelight hosting World Cup matches and extravagant watch parties is quickly approaching its end.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026

Definition of extravagant

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That marks a steep decline of 74% from the movie's already-poor $37 million debut, a much bigger drop than is typical for a summer superhero film.

— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 5 July 2026
In the tourney, Zellers had five goals and three assists in five games and made a steep climb up the depth chart.

— Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 July 2026

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