prohibited
Example Sentences
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The 82-year-old couldn't believe it, then, when she found out last year that her Minnesota assisted living facility was prohibited from serving drinks to residents because it didn't have a licence.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Powers also responded to surveillance concerns by clarifying that his company’s software only blocks the printer from making prohibited parts — it doesn’t flag them to authorities or log users’ intellectual property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Instead, officials sent a warning shot: a late March memo telling staff they were prohibited from using nonpublic information for financial benefit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
"Importantly what the prohibited action here is that the player mustn't move, bend or break any growing or attached natural object."
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Anthony had been accused of breaking a law that prohibited willful and knowing illegal voting; she argued that she didn’t break the law because she believed her ballot was legal.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Vocabulary lists containing prohibited
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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The 18th Amendment (1919)
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"Jim Crow Laws"
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