as in banning
the act of ordering that something not be done or used
not surprisingly, the prohibiting of the use of cell phones proved to be unpopular with patients visiting the doctor
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as in forbidding
to order not to do or use or to be done or used
the city prohibits swimming in the lake after dark
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Recent Examples of prohibiting
Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
That has prompted states including Colorado, New York and California to enact legislation prohibiting medical debt from being included on residents' credit reports or factored into their credit scores.
—Noam Levey, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025
The new bill spearheaded by Democrats is aimed at building upon existing gun laws by prohibiting the sale, manufacture or purchase of semiautomatic weapons that use detachable magazines.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 3 Jan. 2025
The representative is also behind a bill prohibiting state physicians from knowingly providing gender transition procedures to those under the age of 18.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2025
School rules on gender In a first nationally, California will start enforcing a law prohibiting school districts from adopting policies that require staff to notify parents whose children change their gender identification at school.
—David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
And the Act mitigates those threats not by imposing any restriction on speech, but instead by prohibiting a foreign adversary from controlling the platform.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2024
Previously, digital assets were classified as intangible assets, which forced companies to write down impaired holdings while prohibiting the recognition of unrealized gains.
—Leeor Shimron, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
On Saturday, the union announced the stop work order, prohibiting members from business with The Matrix franchise and Mad Max Fury Road banner under Working Rule 8.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2024
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Smith, who is now winding down both his cases against the president-elect due to a longstanding Department of Justice policy prohibiting the prosecution of a sitting president, has not provided any details about the contents of his report.
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States should get serious about forbidding, rather than replacing, structures in seriously flood-prone locales like some barrier islands in Florida or the banks of North Carolina’s French Broad River.—
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Numerous other states have approved legislation forbidding PFAS in certain product categories, rather than instituting bans across the board.—
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The broad prohibition also seems to work against Trump’s stated goal of bringing more jobs to America.—
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Some suffragists argued that immigrants opposed suffrage for women and prohibition, and therefore immigrant voting posed a threat to their agenda.—
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“Prohibiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prohibiting. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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