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
Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 9 Jan. 2026
In 2010, more than 60% of Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting the drawing of district boundaries to unfairly favor one political party in a process known as gerrymandering.
—Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
And by prohibiting rival companies from copying patented designs and technology, the intellectual property system incents firms to invent their own, even-better products.
—David J. Kappos, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
In 2010, more than 60% of Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting the drawing of district boundaries to unfairly favor one political party in a process known as gerrymandering.
—CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
The department’s policy is based off a 2017 state law prohibiting Massachusetts police officers from enforcing civil immigration detainers.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
Risi’s email, which was forwarded to state officials by Ritter’s staff, set off a months-long conversation within several Connecticut agencies about what was prohibiting the state from releasing the money.
—Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
There is no rule prohibiting a team’s sponsor from signing a player to an endorsement deal.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Still, there is a law prohibiting Medicare from covering weight loss drugs, so any changes would have to come from Congress.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2025
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Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, the early polling front-runner, cited her history of battling the president in her first term, including a 2018 order prohibiting the city’s jail from accepting new detainees from federal immigration agents.
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The peregrine falcon faced near-extinction in the UK in the 1950s before it was rescued by the banning of the pesticide DDT and stronger legal reinforcements.—
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One is about conversion therapy, and the other is about the banning of transgender athletes.—
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But the pastor seems to know that merely forbidding corpse-killing is not enough to stop it.—
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Nora goes on to wonder how Agnes turned out stable in such a forbidding household.—
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Mobility devices used by people with physical limitations, however, are exempt from any prohibition in Burleson parks.—
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Thirty years after prohibition, Marilyn Monroe proved that flappers would always be cool.—
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In 2022, Maui County broadened the statewide ban one step further by outlawing non-mineral sunscreens from Maui, Lanai and Molokai.—
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Set in 1878 Japan, Last Samurai Standing takes place in the post-feudal period when the few remaining samurai have become personas non grata, with a rapidly modernizing Japanese society shunning the once great warriors, and outlawing their swords.—
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“Prohibiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prohibiting. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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