moratorium
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Campaign group Action for Protecting Rural Scotland has called for a moratorium on hyperscale data centres.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
In New York City, city council members have pushed for a moratorium on artificial intelligence as the public school system figures out more “rigorous guardrails” for its use in the classroom.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
On denuclearisation talks with Pyongyang, Lee said the country should first set "limited short-term goals", such as securing a moratorium on further production of nuclear materials.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The end of the Irish moratorium on new data centers has allowed Microsoft to try to proceed with plans for a big new data site in Naas, just outside Dublin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
That would create difficulty for Stassen, for international pressure to suspend tests was growing—indeed, the Soviets had proposed a test moratorium in May, just as Stassen’s task forces were coming together.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing moratorium
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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