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impose

[im-pohz] / ɪmˈpoʊz /


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If there is a mortgage, lenders generally require insurance to remain active and may impose costly force-placed insurance if coverage lapses.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

The law allows the president to impose tariffs on products he deems critical to national security, such as polysilicon that ends up in semiconductors used by military contractors.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Roads therefore impose a corresponding duty on the state to provide safe footpaths.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

The South Coast Air Quality Management District’s hearing board, a five-member committee tasked with deciding enforcement matters, voted unanimously to impose more than 90 measures to strengthen odor mitigation efforts and cleanup.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

So it was a matter of deciding which family member she’d impose on.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

"Banksy's vandalism should be stopped and he should foot the bill for the costs he imposes on others."

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

The legislation also imposes the first federal restrictions on purchases of single-family homes by large corporate investors, targeting firms that already own hundreds of properties.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Our system imposes that experience over 2 million times each year.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

If the administration imposes a new rule closer to the election, Logan said his office is ready to follow the law.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

Random for most practical purposes, they are actually generated by a deterministic formula which imposes sufficient order on the numbers as to render them useless for some applications.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

The show promises to teach Americans how to eat “real food,” presenting recognizable ingredients and home cooking as an antidote to a processed-food culture portrayed as artificial, addictive and imposed from above.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Finland also imposed temporary aviation and maritime restrictions in the eastern Gulf of Finland on Friday, its defence forces said on X.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Nor are streets, schools or government buildings named after him, a prohibition he imposed shortly after his guerrillas overthrew Fulgencio Batista in 1959.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The curfew was first imposed on the white-ball team in January for their tour of Sri Lanka and the T20 World Cup that followed.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

The Court found the sentences imposed in those cases “reasonably proportionate” to the offenses committed—and not “cruel and unusual” in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

But that was us imposing our desired arc, which we all know doesn’t work.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

And what if the worst happened, and the U.S. government actually ended up imposing any official “haircut” on Treasury bonds, paying out less than 100 cents on the dollar even in nominal terms?

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

The Panama Canal Authority is imposing draft limits on vessels ahead of potential El Niño-related droughts.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

The sheriff said that he was imposing a sentence at the upper end of his sentencing powers.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Behind the imposing facade, the building looked like what it was—a prison.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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