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
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
Under the Terrorism Act 2000, the Home Secretary may proscribe an organisation if they believe it is concerned in terrorism.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023
No. Does it proscribe, disfranchise, or expatriate the recent armed enemies of the country, or confiscate their property?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 by Various
County’s requirements will go beyond what the state proscribes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
Because the treaty proscribes testing ground launched cruise missiles of medium-range, the Kremlin cannot undo the violation.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2014
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
“The Constitution proscribes government discrimination on the basis of race, and state-provided education is no exception.”
From Washington Post
I know that I have acted against the wish of my father in visiting one of the countries he proscribes.
From Thaddeus of Warsaw by Jane Porter
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
Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr and four other judges said that the government's policy on banning terrorism groups meant the home secretary had been legally entitled to decide the group should be proscribed.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 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
Massive Attack frontman Robert Del Naja has been arrested on suspicion of showing support for the proscribed organisation Palestine Action.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
Technological advance required the freest possible pursuit of knowledge, so Holland became the leading publisher and bookseller in Europe, translating works written in other languages and permitting the publication of works proscribed elsewhere.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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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
Yes, according to the UK government, which is why they are proscribing it.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 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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