moratorium
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The company pulled its plans in late March following public outcry and a March 4 city council vote to extend a temporary data center moratorium and place a ban on Tuesday’s ballot.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
New Jersey Assemblyman Chigozie Onyema is a sponsor of the state’s proposed surveillance pricing ban that also places a moratorium on electronic shelving labels.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
An Iranian moratorium on enriched uranium, after which enrichment would be limited to 3.67 percent, with intensive inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency;
From Slate • May 7, 2026
The U.S. seeks a 20-year moratorium on Iranian nuclear enrichment and demands the handover of all enriched nuclear material.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
But it also set a chronological limit to this moratorium.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing moratorium
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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