importation
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Generally, the Food and Drug Administration bans the importation of drugs from abroad, although there is some leeway for medications bought for personal use in quantities of no more than three months’ supply.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
"We will not be looking to universally restrict the importation and registration of used vehicles," he said.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
But due to the health risks from inhaling asbestos, the importation of blue and brown asbestos has been banned in the UK since 1985.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
While Congress banned slave importation in 1808, it didn’t ban the buying and selling of people.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
Its decline was largely a consequence of the importation of parasitic insects from the Far East and of the establishment of disease organisms fatal to it.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
