as in to forbid
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 prohibit
For the first time in Minnesota, a local law prohibits adverse employment actions based solely on a candidate’s or employee’s criminal history, unless the employer can demonstrate that the history is reasonably related to the duties of the position.
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Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Banning Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care The House bill also prohibits federal Medicaid funding from covering gender transition services for children and adults, including surgeries, hormone therapy and puberty blockers.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 29 May 2025
Nebraska will join 26 other states in prohibiting transgender students from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity.
—Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 29 May 2025
Williams issued a preliminary injunction on April 29 prohibiting all state law enforcement official and police agencies, including FHP, from arresting undocumented immigrants who come into Florida.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 29 May 2025
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Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Banning Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care The House bill also prohibits federal Medicaid funding from covering gender transition services for children and adults, including surgeries, hormone therapy and puberty blockers.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 29 May 2025
Nebraska will join 26 other states in prohibiting transgender students from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity.
—Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 29 May 2025
Williams issued a preliminary injunction on April 29 prohibiting all state law enforcement official and police agencies, including FHP, from arresting undocumented immigrants who come into Florida.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prohibit
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The ban was introduced in 2024, when cities were forbidden from lighting up their bridges with rainbows for Pride, red for Sickle Cell Awareness, and/or orange for gun safety awareness.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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There’s also a haunted room, one which our hero is forbidden to enter and that eventually offers Teen Chuck (Jacob Tremblay) a vision of things to come.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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At the state level, Republicans seized upon the policy change to gin up support for a past policy that would have banned trans girls from school sports.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
27 May 2025
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Words like social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion have been all but banned at most Fortune 500 companies.—
Jennifer Lotito,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The following year, after California briefly outlawed the death penalty, their sentences were commuted to life with the possibility of parole.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
2 June 2025
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The Israeli government declared Kach to be a terrorist organization, effectively outlawing it.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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“Prohibit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prohibit. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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