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 government already has powers to proscribe organisations under the Terrorism Act 2000.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 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
It comes as the home secretary is understood to be preparing a written statement to put before Parliament on Monday to proscribe the group, effectively branding it a terrorist organisation.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2025
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
When arguments concludeed, it seemed inevitable that the court would agree with the EEOC, reject the DOJ’s wackadoodle theories, and find that Title VII already proscribes anti-gay employment discrimination.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2017
The state now recognizes those practices as likely to produce false identifications and proscribes them in a law passed with bipartisan support this year.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2010
“The Constitution proscribes government discrimination on the basis of race, and state-provided education is no exception.”
From Washington Post
It proscribes all manner of sentiments, vulgarity, undemocratic ideas under the weight of which you've spent your entire life!
From Signora Fantastici by Frank J. Morlock
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
Other groups like the Iran-backed Hezbollah have been proscribed.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
The force said it had made the arrests when people showed support for a proscribed organisation.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 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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