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as in to prohibit
to order not to do or use or to be done or used
the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings
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as in to exclude
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of
the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies
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as in curse
a prayer that harm will come to someone
a father's ban upon his ungrateful son
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as in prohibition
an order that something not be done or used
a quiet seaside resort with a ban on the drinking of alcohol in public places
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Recent Examples of ban
Emily Peck, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
China’s answer to being banned from Nvidia’s (NVDA+1.31%) artificial intelligence chips is reportedly being stalled by U.S. trade restrictions.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 16 Nov. 2024
Greg McKenna, Fortune Asia, 21 Nov. 2024
Social media ban The Australian government has proposed a ban on children under 16 from using social media and will hand down huge fines to companies who don’t comply.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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Flashback: Minnesota banned most mandatory service fees that come on top of a tip earlier this year.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
China’s answer to being banned from Nvidia’s (NVDA+1.31%) artificial intelligence chips is reportedly being stalled by U.S. trade restrictions.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 16 Nov. 2024
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Some companies will be granted exemptions from the ban, such as YouTube, which teenagers may need to use for school work or other reasons.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune Asia, 21 Nov. 2024
Social media ban The Australian government has proposed a ban on children under 16 from using social media and will hand down huge fines to companies who don’t comply.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ban
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Its 4,400 employees are responsible for distribution of federal financial aid for education, collecting and disseminating data and research related to schools, and prohibiting discrimination in schools.Graham Kates, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
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Hospital officials could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday but a law enacted earlier this year in Ohio prohibits both hormone therapies and surgeries for transgender minors.Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2024
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The committee standards also excluded studies that were not clear on how foods were considered ultraprocessed — a common occurrence due to ongoing controversy among nutritionists as to how to define ultraprocessed foods.Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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For a married couple, if both spouses are age 70½ or over when the distributions are made and both have IRAs, each spouse can exclude up to $105,000 for a total of up to $210,000 per year.James Brewer, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The Hollywood Reporter caught up with the affable Williams and Knight — whose The Real Brady Bros podcast relives every episode — to talk Brady Bunch auditions, Ann B. Davis’ comic timing and those pesky Hawaiian curses.Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
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Several generations of the Buendía lineage will mark the future of this mythical town, tormented by madness, impossible loves, a bloody and absurd war, and the fear of a terrible curse that condemns them, without hope, to one hundred years of solitude.Dana Feldman, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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That prohibition did not explicitly cover online sales, but the city of San Diego is one of a number of local governments that adopted laws to eliminate any potential loophole.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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There is no prohibition in statute of law that would keep a county from keeping their registrar's office open on the weekend to collect absentee ballots.Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Prior to July 2021, when the NCAA adopted its provisional NIL rules, cheerleaders stood out as the one cohort of college athletes who were not forbidden from dealing their rights of publicity.Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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The 2019 Disney original Noelle imagines the North Pole as a monarchy — specifically, one that follows the same sexist rules as European royalty who forbade women from taking the throne.Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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There are also concerns the administration could narrow the scope of loans available to help students attain higher education, like eliminating Parent PLUS loans for undergraduates and graduate student PLUS loans — both of which Project 2025 calls for, Rosinger said.Ivana Saric, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
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The board eliminated the Sheriff’s Executive Director of Administration role, a position held by Aenlle, only for Corpus to promote him to assistant sheriff. County Executive Mike Callagy added that Aenlle’s access to all county buildings that are closed to the general public would be revoked.Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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At the end of his first term, his standing among GOP lawmakers was precarious: The Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol building led to condemnations from both sides of the aisle and his historic second impeachment.Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Israel has managed to destroy most of Gaza and is in the process of pulverizing parts of Lebanon to international condemnation and outrage and political and diplomatic isolation, but without facing effective efforts to rein it in.Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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When it was outlawed under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, the modest interest that remained was largely put on ice.Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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The legislation does not directly outlaw UNRWA’s operations in the West Bank and Gaza, both considered by international law to be outside the state of Israel but under Israeli occupation.Reuters, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Ban.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ban. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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