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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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Employers in the EU will be banned from asking about salary history in new rules being rolled out across the bloc.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

When he was banned from flying there, he tried to get a job with Moroccan flag carrier Royal Air Maroc in 2025, according to Moroccan state media, the country’s official news agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Multiple media outlets overnight identified him as Hamam al-Hammami and said he had been banned from flying in Oman over concerns about his extremist views.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

“It’s honestly time all these scents are banned the same way smoking has been banned pretty much everywhere,” one traveler complained on Reddit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Tia and October had said this was also happening in Boggs Ferry but that reporters were banned from writing about it by the Gran and Uncle of that town.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega




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