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a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use
an imposition of 10% on imported goods
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But stepping way back and appraising the totality of actions, the biggest shift is the instant imposition of this new power theory across all of government and the Republican Party:
There's no opposition to this maximalist approach among Trump's staff or major MAGA media voices.
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Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
Far from justice being a foreign imposition, here German prosecutors pursued German trials for German crimes.
—Gary J. Bass, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Trump also suggested Ukraine ought to hold elections, which have been postponed due to the war and the consequent imposition of martial law, in accordance with the Ukrainian Constitution.
—Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
But a gaping pothole the less deft of these films court — the imposition of condescending judgment and an invite to mock — is also sidestepped.
—David Katz, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025
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Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
Far from justice being a foreign imposition, here German prosecutors pursued German trials for German crimes.
—Gary J. Bass, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Trump also suggested Ukraine ought to hold elections, which have been postponed due to the war and the consequent imposition of martial law, in accordance with the Ukrainian Constitution.
—Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
But a gaping pothole the less deft of these films court — the imposition of condescending judgment and an invite to mock — is also sidestepped.
—David Katz, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Imposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imposition. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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