proscribe
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A final deal should proscribe all tolls, mines and forced routes, restoring unrestricted free passage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
The judge said the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action “certainly does not proscribe any particular classroom speech, or relate at all to curricular choices.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper called the incident "disgraceful" when announcing her decision to proscribe the group.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
One of the group's members, Saeed Taji Farouky, told the BBC on Saturday that government plans to proscribe the group were "absurd".
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2025
I came determined," he wrote many years after, "to proscribe no set of persons whatever, and determined to be governed by none.
From A History of the Four Georges, Volume II by Justin McCarthy
County’s requirements will go beyond what the state proscribes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
The law proscribes “any gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money ... for the purpose of influencing any election for federal office.”
From Slate ● May 14, 2012
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said that “Chinese law proscribes any form of hacking activity.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2010
The challenged provision, however, proscribes persuasion in a public place, speech that unwilling listeners can walk away from.
From Washington Post
A tall hat he does not possess, and he proscribes tall hats and evening dress among his guests.
From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
Del Naja was arrested earlier this year on suspicion of showing support for the proscribed organisation Palestine Action during a protest in London.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Most "arrests have been for expressing support for a proscribed organisation", the police said in a post on X.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
X's second commitment is to withhold UK access to accounts reported for posting UK illegal terrorist content, if it determines they are operated by, or on behalf of, a terrorist organisation proscribed in the UK.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Other groups like the Iran-backed Hezbollah have been proscribed.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
Malcolm spoke like a man who was free, like a black man above the laws that proscribed our imagination.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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But stewarding that authority demands humility and faith in the university’s distinct role in cultivating debate—neither proscribing questions nor prescribing answers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
In another post, he retweeted a link to an article on Bari Weiss’ conservative news site, The Free Press, proscribing a “fix” for children using their phones.
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2024
But the Home Office and the Foreign Office are said to be at odds over proscribing the IRGC.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2023
Because of constitutional constraints proscribing Japan from providing Ukraine lethal weapons, Sato said Kishida’s trip was “a minimum requirement” for the chair of the G-7.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
Soon he was proscribing parts of salutations and signatures and leaving the text untouched.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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