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Recent Examples of proscribe The result was the Espionage Act of 1917—a law that, with a few revisions, still forms the main legal basis for proscribing the unauthorized disclosure of national security information in the United States. Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2021 While the order proscribes new drilling along most of both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the order does not affect active drilling permits and carves out the most important areas of offshore production such as the western Gulf of Mexico near Texas and Louisiana. Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025 If only Wolverine could make good on his threat to deal with the offender in the manner proscribed. Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024 Western forces should not be deployed to fight in Ukraine, and the use of Western weapons against civilian targets within Russia should be proscribed. Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for proscribe
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Verb
  • Racially restrictive neighborhood covenants prohibiting Black or Jewish American buyers, for example, were pioneered in the 1940s by the celebrated local real estate developer J.C. Nichols.
    Alfredo Sosa, Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2025
  • The City Council is moving to amend the city’s backyard apartment rules to prohibit rare oversized projects and require infrastructure fees.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2025
Verb
  • No one wants the criminal gangs, divorce attorneys or, heaven forbid, the tax man chasing after those Dior diamonds.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
  • The group is demanding Parks and Wildlife revoke all permits issued to Trunks and Humps, notify it that the performances are forbidden and take steps to make sure permits aren’t issued for traveling elephant acts in the future.
    Katie Langford, Denver Post, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • These ingested fluoride products are dispensed at safe doses by doctors and dentists to prevent tooth decay in children who are unable to get adequate fluoride doses from community water systems—something that may become more common as more states and cities remove or ban fluoride from their water.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
  • Braun signed an executive order in January banning DEI initiatives in state government.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • The 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act, passed just two years after Brown v. Board of Education outlawed segregation in public schools, laid the groundwork for the physical reshaping of American cities.
    Deborah N. Archer, Time, 21 May 2025
  • But in times of war or imminent military threat, government protects the rights of peaceful people by outlawing trade that aids and abets the threat of an aggressive foreign government.
    Ben Bayer, Oc Register, 19 May 2025

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“Proscribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proscribe. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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