compulsorily
Example Sentences
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John Barnes, who had his family farm compulsorily purchased, said the government "have put a lot of people through a lot of pain and anguish".
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2023
After two months, one employee began compulsorily turning off every light in the station.
From Salon ● May 29, 2023
Seventy-five percent of them will be compulsorily retired after four years with no pension benefits.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2022
But the mood in Apple during that period was determinedly, almost compulsorily, free and easy.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2020
Today the AT is a wilderness by design—actually, by fiat, since many of the properties Shaffer passed were later compulsorily purchased and quietly returned to woodland.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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