moratorium
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The senior labor relations major supports a moratorium on student-event permits, proposed due to what the mayor called the school’s “appalling response” to the allegations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The party called on First Minister John Swinney to back a moratorium on planning approvals.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Xaiver Becerra, who is heavily favored to win the governor’s race in November, said he will extend Newsom’s moratorium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Johnson, the House speaker, said on Sunday that Congress shouldn’t impose an emergency moratorium on AI development even as he said lawmakers should show a sense of urgency.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Marc Mauer, the executive director of the Sentencing Project, notes that what is most remarkable about the moratorium campaign in retrospect is the context of imprisonment at the time.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Anti-AI sentiment is becoming increasingly serious, and moratoria on data-center development in the U.S. are growing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
As a wave of data center opposition sweeps the country, numerous towns and counties across the U.S. have instituted temporary moratoria and other restrictions on the facilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
"Similar eviction moratoria after a climate-related disaster, potentially as part of federal recovery aid and efforts, could provide valuable protection to renters in affected communities," says He.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 14, 2023
Europe’s Single Resolution Board has enforced a payment moratoria at the three banks and will now assess whether it was in the public interest to save the lenders.
From Reuters ● Feb. 28, 2022
Thirdly: The most botched subject can secure from his prince letters of respite or moratoria; but who shall give them to the prince, unless he does it to himself?
From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul
More than 400 local moratoriums have been recorded across 44 states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
New moratoriums rarely tend to address extant data center projects, as seen in Landover’s case, and are even fuzzier when it comes to future policy.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Among them are the US and China, which have both established voluntary moratoriums against explosive nuclear testing.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Sen. Paul Bettencourt, a Houston Republican, sent a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that same day asking him to “investigate” any counties seeking to implement moratoriums and “explore any necessary legal actions.”
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
"All praise to the power of the war-time moratoriums," Farrel declared.
From The Pride of Palomar by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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