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Moratorium
Example Sentences
Main Entry:
mor·a·to·ri·um
[
mawr-
uh
-
tawr
-ee-
uh
m
,
-
tohr
-
,
mor-
]
/
ˌmɔr
əˈtɔr
i
əm
,
-ˈtoʊr-
,
ˌmɒr-
/
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Part of Speech:
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Main Entry:
moratorium
Part of Speech:
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry:
moratorium
Part of Speech:
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Example Sentences
The six-month moratorium is producing catastrophic results.
In 1986, the commission introduced a moratorium on all commercial hunting.
New Jersey currently has a moratorium on harvesting horseshoe crabs.
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The six-month moratorium is producing catastrophic results.
In 1986, the commission introduced a moratorium on all commercial hunting.
New Jersey currently has a moratorium on harvesting horseshoe crabs.
As a result, she's promised to put a moratorium on it.
No matter what the final judgment, there is consensus that the "moratorium from routine living" was worthwhile.
But to fairly evaluate the moratorium, a broader prospective is necessary.
The federal government's moratorium on new deepwater drilling is very unpopular in the region.
In their letter they favor a moratorium rather than a permanent ban.
The justices never officially imposed a moratorium.
Moreover, the increase in revenues is due to a moratorium allowing past evaders to pay.
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