moratorium
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That clash of both public and governmental priorities meant that the final two-year moratorium came with some inconvenient carveouts.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
In May, CMS set a six-month national moratorium on hospice-provider enrollment in Medicare.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
The moratorium, depending on the actions of the City Council, can be kept in place for up to two years, according to the mayor’s team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
"The international community -- and the European Union in particular -- must make an immediate moratorium on executions a central issue" in any negotiations, said Amiry-Moghaddam.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Marc Mauer, the executive director of the Sentencing Project, notes that what is most remarkable about the moratorium campaign in retrospect is the context of imprisonment at the time.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Perhaps more concerning for the industry, though, a spread of moratoria could add a constraint to an already scarce market for data-center sites that have adequate access to power, water and other resources.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
As a wave of data center opposition sweeps the country, numerous towns and counties across the U.S. have instituted temporary moratoria and other restrictions on the facilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
"Similar eviction moratoria after a climate-related disaster, potentially as part of federal recovery aid and efforts, could provide valuable protection to renters in affected communities," says He.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 14, 2023
Europe’s Single Resolution Board has enforced a payment moratoria at the three banks and will now assess whether it was in the public interest to save the lenders.
From Reuters ● Feb. 28, 2022
Thirdly: The most botched subject can secure from his prince letters of respite or moratoria; but who shall give them to the prince, unless he does it to himself?
From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul
New moratoriums rarely tend to address extant data center projects, as seen in Landover’s case, and are even fuzzier when it comes to future policy.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Among them are the US and China, which have both established voluntary moratoriums against explosive nuclear testing.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
In recent years, more than a half-dozen area cities have established moratoriums as they consider the environmental impacts and the health of residents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
Some towns have imposed temporary moratoriums on data centers, but the projects could still go forward in the future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
"All praise to the power of the war-time moratoriums," Farrel declared.
From The Pride of Palomar by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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