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  • past participle of ban.
  • past tense form of ban.
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banned

ADJECTIVE
outlawed
Synonyms


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In the meantime, Norway's capital Oslo banned the glasses in schools this week as the government mulls regulating their use and considers a ban on features that enable facial recognition in public.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

Athletes will not be banned from taking weight-loss drugs under the World Anti-Doping Agency's rules for 2027, but the substances will remain on its monitoring list.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

In 1972, the Clean Water Act banned the release of pollutants into the “waters of the United States” without a federal permit.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Committee members were concerned that this wasn’t the first time Narbonne had broken rules, with the team being banned in 2019 and then again committed rule violations.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

He actually had Miep bring him a book, an anti-Mussolini tirade, which has been banned.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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