moratorium
Example Sentences
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“California hasn’t carried out an execution in decades, and Newsom had placed a moratorium on the death penalty,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
More than 200 environmental groups in the US recently demanded a moratorium on new data centres in the country.
From BBC
A host of solar companies recently wrote to Congress complaining about “a nearly complete moratorium” on federal permitting.
Though the moratorium remains in effect, more changes to the prevailing legislative thinking on staircases could be coming soon.
From Los Angeles Times
In 2023, Kenya introduced a moratorium on new developments in the Maasai Mara game reserve in response to concerns that poorly regulated tourism development was stifling the migration and ecosystem.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
