prohibitory

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Recent Examples of prohibitory In 2022, a court allowed a prohibitory bathroom policy to stand in a Florida school district. — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024 Alabama officials say that prohibitory language does not apply to the category of expenditures the state is using for the prisons. — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 7 Jan. 2022 To tackle any law and order situation, the region has been put under a heavy security cover, with prohibitory orders in place against public assembly. — Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2019 Already, the Indian state is using its arsenal of prohibitory orders to contain these legitimate protests. — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2019 Lawyers are seeking a prohibitory order against the execution at a hearing on Monday, having exhausted all other legal appeals. — Helen Regan, CNN, 8 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prohibitory
  1. prohibitive
  2. unreasonable
  3. exorbitant
  4. extravagant
  5. steep
Adjective
  • Traditional studios might adopt Chinese models for some preproduction tasks such as concepting, but the geopolitical and intellectual property risks for commercial generations are too prohibitive.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • Small and medium enterprises are now able to use AI for complex tasks like predictive supply chain management and personalized marketing, processes that were previously cost-prohibitive.
    — Vaibhav Dani, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of prohibitive
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  • If these requirements are not met, the search is unreasonable and therefore unlawful, and evidence obtained in that search cannot be used in court, barring a good-faith exception.
    — Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
  • Justices ruled that sweeping use of cellphone data requires a warrant, a decision applying the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures, to new technology.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 30 June 2026
Definition of unreasonable
Adjective
  • Major players like Uber and Microsoft report exorbitant AI spending, with budgets exhausted rapidly and little correlation to tangible value.
    — Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • At face value, a $10 million rental is an exorbitant fee for a ruse.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
Definition of exorbitant
Adjective
  • There is always a suspension of disbelief required in luxury fashion, as designers use the runway to communicate their most extravagant, pie-in-the-sky vision of what clothes could be.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
  • Davis was known to the world for his extravagant style and lavish Grammy parties.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Definition of extravagant
Adjective
  • That marks a steep decline of 74% from the movie's already-poor $37 million debut, a much bigger drop than is typical for a summer superhero film.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • In the tourney, Zellers had five goals and three assists in five games and made a steep climb up the depth chart.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 July 2026
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“Prohibitory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prohibitory. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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