PROHIBITIONS Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

prohibitions

noun

plural of prohibition

as in bans

an order that something not be done or used the school issued a prohibition against wearing clothing with obscene and provocative slogans

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Recent Examples of prohibitions Other prohibitions applied to energy drinks, candy, cake and other prepared desserts. — Benjamin Chrisinger, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026 And prohibitions or not getting involved just gives you less insight into what’s going to happen. — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2026 The new lawsuit says that prohibitions like the ones aimed at CNN, MS NOW and Politico — which a judge has paused — violate the rights of ordinary citizens. — Scott Nover, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026 These young people have defied prohibitions on protest, breached draconian security clampdowns, and endured detentions to relentlessly question the government’s authority. — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026 In 2011, former President Barack Obama signed a law removing wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains from the endangered species list, a change that removed federal prohibitions on killing or harassing them in that region. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026 The restriction adds an unusual dimension to AI safety rules, placing mistreatment of chatbots alongside prohibitions on harassment and other harmful conduct. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026 In the actual world, no such prohibitions have been passed, by anyone, anywhere. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 The delegation will be under travel restrictions and will face prohibitions on the purchase of luxury and other goods per our policy. — September 18, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

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If the bill is signed into law, Pennsylvania will join 40 states that already restrict cellphone use in schools, including 19 that have bell-to-bell bans.

— Laura Fay, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
In our moment of reckoning, most of the current momentum is going toward enacting social media bans for kids younger than 16.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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