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[im-pohz] / ɪmˈpoʊz /


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One of Kim’s proposals is to impose caps on home- and auto-insurers’ profits, with money above those thresholds paid back to the state or consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

The CCC+TL model does not impose the same restriction because its cosmic timeline allows substantially more time for galaxies to develop.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

“For ‘high illegal entry’ to impose any limit, it must at least mean, not ‘the lowest rate of illegal entry,’” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

"Nevertheless, the court declines the invitation to impose the death penalty on any of the victims," she said, adding that capital punishment would eliminate any prospect of rehabilitation and disengagement.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

They were all failed attempts to impose western civilization on the merciless, untamable Arctic.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

“You see the role of a mother who tries to play this more empathic part, while the father is the one playing the role of the educator who imposes his rules,” Mungiu says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The U.S. imposes a 25% tariff on cars assembled in Canada, Mexico and elsewhere abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

However, Medicare Advantage imposes restrictions such as requiring prior authorization for specialists or procedures and has limited provider networks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

To one, time imposes order on life; to the other, time is a construct disguising a deeper chaos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

It is true that the state imposes a license fee, but that fee does not come to the counties or the towns except for road maintenance and extension.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Customers can also feel obligated to respond positively to friendliness that is being imposed rather than offered spontaneously.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

Singapore has said that while it does not enforce "unilateral export controls imposed by other countries" it expects all companies in its jurisdiction to respect such regulations.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

Nvidia controls an estimated 90 percent of the market for the chips used to train and run AI models, and the US imposed rules in 2022 to restrict their sales to China.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Inflation has slowed moderately since the U.S. imposed its financial controls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

My guess is that the indignities imposed on so many low-wage workers— the drug tests, the constant surveillance, being “reamed out” by managers—are part of what keeps wages low.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Occasionally, cinematographer Ben Davis even lines up those centuries-old face carvings behind Malkovich to note their resemblance to his imposing profile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Justice Neil Gorsuch similarly said that he was “struggling” to see how imposing strict scrutiny, rather than applying the less burdensome rational basis standard, would “be the end of the world.”

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

Arteta values physicality in his Arsenal side and moving Konsa, who is physically imposing, to right-back would give opposition attackers a formidable challenge.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Since then, they have moved to reassert control by restricting demonstrations and imposing curfews in several cities.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The house was fringed with palm trees, magnificent gardens, and concealed but nonetheless imposing outbuildings in which the family indulged its various hobbies.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey


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