prohibition
Example Sentences
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It would violate the Fifth Amendment’s prohibition on government taking property without just compensation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
"While this doesn't rise quite to the level of a complete prohibition, it's a very strong disincentive."
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
The fight for women’s suffrage, the prohibition movement and other progressive achievements marked the years before the sesquicentennial.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
But Uthmeier insisted that hidden in this guarantee is, in effect, a prohibition against the donation of genetic material.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
After the Georgia legislature declared a prohibition against alcoholic beverages in 1907, Papa quit making or drinking beer—he believed in being law-abiding—and the churches started using fruit nectars instead of wine.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Vocabulary lists containing prohibition
American History II
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"Tinker v. Des Moines": Excerpts from Justice Fortas's Opinion
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The Great Depression and The New Deal
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