moratorium

Example Sentences

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“Since the moratorium has taken effect, people are going a year or more without paying rent,” April Black, executive director of the Tacoma Housing Authority, told the local press this month.

From The Wall Street Journal

“California hasn’t carried out an execution in decades, and Newsom had placed a moratorium on the death penalty,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

More than 200 environmental groups in the US recently demanded a moratorium on new data centres in the country.

From BBC

A host of solar companies recently wrote to Congress complaining about “a nearly complete moratorium” on federal permitting.

From The Wall Street Journal

Though the moratorium remains in effect, more changes to the prevailing legislative thinking on staircases could be coming soon.

From Los Angeles Times