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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

The company said it banned the accounts associated with this effort, shared the information with government partners and developed new detection protocols to reduce the future risk of misuse.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 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

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

Even manual typewriters had been banned, for fear that eavesdroppers could somehow decipher what was being typed from the sound of the keys.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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