imposition

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The 51-minute color documentary observes the imposition of strict traffic controls at a busy Tehran intersection, where a harried but strong-willed traffic official determines who may pass and who may not.

From The Wall Street Journal

"They were suddenly exposed to new European sensibilities and wanted to bring them back to their country, which was deeply colonised by the imposition of Victorian buildings," Mr Kumar said.

From BBC

When the researchers assigned each state a “mandate propensity,” they found that states that scored high in their imposition of public health measures had lower coronavirus infection rates.

From Los Angeles Times

The Japanese and French players froze their investment in the facility in March last year following the imposition of sanctions on Russia, with TotalEnergies no longer booking reserves from the project.

From Reuters

This narrator shares a telling quote by Didion: “We live entirely, especially if we are writers, by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images.”

From New York Times