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prohibitionist

[proh-uh-bish-uh-nist] / ˌproʊ əˈbɪʃ ə nɪst /




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The Senators owner, a prohibitionist through and through, made things harder on himself by subsisting without a source of revenue that other teams availed themselves of.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023

Most of the shops are to be operated by people of color who had been incarcerated by prohibitionist laws.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2023

But she concedes that if young people feel they are living under an prohibitionist regime then "we need to listen to them".

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2017

In her time, Mrs. Schlafly was one of the most polarizing figures in American public life, a self-described housewife who displayed a moral ferocity reminiscent of the ax-wielding prohibitionist Carry Nation.

From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2016

But one woman in this town was an out-and-out prohibitionist.

From Green Valley by Katharine Reynolds


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