gag order
Example Sentences
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He blabs so much about the trial at his daily press conferences that the judge hands down a gag order.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Under the current gag order, the documents are exempt from Freedom of Information Act requests.
From Salon • Sep. 30, 2025
Was that due to the law enforcement gag order?
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025
It provided no further details, citing a court-imposed gag order on the case.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2025
An interesting example of this sort of question happened in 1993, when a Canadian court issued a gag order on Canadian reporters covering a particularly controversial murder case.
From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation
