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noun

as in prohibiting

the act of ordering that something not be done or used the proscribing of the use of alcohol was to be expected

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proscribing

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verb

present participle of proscribe

as in forbidding

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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Noun

While the executive order was largely perceived as a flexible behavioral intervention, Section 815 would be a stricter prohibition contingent on waivers that reaches far beyond prime military contractors.

— Garrett Downs, CNBC, 14 July 2026
The prohibition, together with the delegated and implementing acts, will apply to large companies beginning Sunday.

— Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 14 July 2026

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Verb

The ruling granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting the firms from completing the merger and from consolidating their operations.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026
Key Background Federal prosecutors have increasingly used statutes prohibiting the sending of threats against the president to pursue posts made on social media.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of prohibiting

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Rescues during holidays have declined in recent years, owing to the prohibition of alcohol on Memorial Day, Labor Day, and the Fourth of July, along with the banning of diving along the Clay Banks, Nunez said.

— Reeti Malhotra July 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
The talk was organized by local synagogues and the Chattanooga Jewish Federation in response to the banning of the novel by a nearby Tennessee school district a month prior.

— SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026

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Concurrently, China implemented strict regulations on AI companion chatbots, forbidding emotional reliance and virtual relationships with minors, citing demographic concerns.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Some of them led to places that were forbidding, almost aggressively inscrutable, while others were easy enough to read but left an eight-year-old feeling that some funny business was going on behind her back.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

Definition of forbidding

Verb

In a brief order, the high court agreed to take up a pair of cases challenging local and state laws outlawing AR-15s and similar semi-automatic rifles.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Players will still be able to cover their mouths when conversing normally, but outlawing the act during disagreements is designed to remove plausible deniability for any player accused of making discriminatory remarks while their mouth is obscured.

— Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 31 May 2026

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