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proscribes

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present tense third-person singular of proscribe

as in prohibits

to order not to do or use or to be done or used regulations proscribe the use of electronic devices on board a plane while it is landing

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Planning Commission member Karen Sherman pointed out the city ordinance prohibits driveways exiting onto collector streets for safety.

— Annette Beard, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
That statute prohibits tenants from damaging or removing parts of the property belonging to the landlord or allowing other people to do so.

— Emma Clapp, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

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Yet since the American Medical Association Code of Ethics explicitly forbids physician participation in capital punishment, executions are rarely, if ever, performed by expert clinicians.

— Dr. Jacob Appel, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
The plaintiffs in that case argued that their faiths allowed or required the procedure in circumstances the ban currently forbids.

— Rachel Rebouché, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026

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The lawsuit marks the latest crackdown under the Better Online Ticket Sales Act, also known as the BOTS Act, which bans scalpers from circumventing ticket limits with technology.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
The law bans social media accounts for Florida children under 14 and requires parental consent for use by kids who are 14 or 15.

— CBS News, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

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The Big Apple already outlaws full-sized tractor-trailers from its surface streets, though the law is almost never enforced.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026
The Invasive Species Management Act outlaws the sale and spread of 30 species, like the Bradford (or Callery) pear, Japanese barberry and running bamboo, throughout the Garden State.

— Nick Caloway, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026

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