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Before the coronavirus pandemic imposed restrictions on physical contact, the Patrick Henry and Georgetown students gathered in person, and over the course of the program, they interacted with different partners.

The second wave of internet regulation laws is now targeting platforms by imposing demands.

From Quartz

In one case, the governor imposes strict lockdowns, mask wearing, and so on.

From Vox

The Reagan-era Lifeline program imposes fees on telecom giants such as AT&T and Verizon, which pass them along to phone subscribers on their monthly bills.

If Amazon were to make what the FTC considers “deceptive earnings claims” for a second time, the agency would then have the authority to impose civil penalties as well.

From Time

Expectations, reasonable or unrealistic, remain so even if we impose them on ourselves.

The United Nations was prompted to impose a ban on selling mainframe computers or laptops to North Korea.

The United States has tools to impose costs on the North Koreans.

We can, due to the critical issues at stake, also go one more step and impose an embargo.

I make a distinction between personal essays and memoir, which is a personal distinction, not one I would impose upon others.

Any delay in covering such deficit shall be subject to such charge as the Federal Reserve Board may impose.

Hence, in their professed attempt to aid the memory, they really impose a new and additional burden upon it.

An attempt to impose an imitation on a practised judge is always productive of an unpleasant result.

But he failed to impose upon the Colonel, and was even far from impressing him with this trumped-up knowledge of bygone days.

Moreover, it must be prejudicial to the national interest to impose parliamentary taxes.

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On this page you'll find 107 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to impose, such as: appoint, charge, demand, enforce, establish, and foist.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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