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noun

Definition of enjoiningnext
as in prohibiting
the act of ordering that something not be done or used the enjoining of the use of all tobacco products by the director of the baseball camp

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enjoining

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verb

present participle of enjoin
1
as in demanding
to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority police enjoined the community's full cooperation in getting rid of the drug dealers

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2
as in instructing
to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority undeterred, the captain enjoined his crew to sail at full speed into the mine-filled harbor

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3
as in forbidding
to order not to do or use or to be done or used Quakerism enjoins the taking of human life

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enjoining
  1. demanding
  2. instructing
  3. prohibiting
  4. prohibition
  5. requiring
  6. forbidding
  7. requesting
  8. telling
Verb
  • The lawsuit comes less than a week after The New York Times sent Perplexity a cease-and-desist letter, demanding the startup stop using the newspaper’s content.
    Liam Reilly, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Clients are demanding seamless digital experiences, from onboarding to ongoing management of their portfolios.
    Wayne Anderman, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of demanding
Verb
  • After a local court ratified the city council’s ban, police moved in, instructing protesters to leave and rounding up more than 100 of them.
    Reuters, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Intelligent interrogation involves instructing large language models to perform in ways that generate better outcomes—by, say, breaking processes down into steps or visualizing multiple potential paths to a solution.
    H. James Wilson Paul R. Daugherty, Harvard Business Review, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of instructing
Verb
  • Earlier this year, the Missouri Legislature passed laws prohibiting the operation of three sludge lagoons in Newton, McDonald and Randolph counties.
    Randal Seyler, arkansasonline.com, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Italian lawmakers banned families from going abroad to have a baby through surrogacy, effectively prohibiting LGBTQ+ couples from becoming biological parents.
    Samantha Riedel, Them, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of prohibiting
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of prohibition
Verb
  • This trend allows teams to design workflows and applications without requiring in-depth programming skills, fostering innovation and speeding up the development lifecycle.
    Santhosh Vijayabaskar, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The bill is set to increase the number of traffic controllers, funneling $67 billion into hiring and retention efforts and requiring the FAA to address staffing gaps.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of requiring
Verb
  • The only problem is the strict rule forbidding umpires and players from dating.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Good morning, Even though marijuana is legal in 38 states, the drug’s status at the federal level means most banks and payment processors have policies forbidding them from working with cannabis companies.
    Chris Dobstaff, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of forbidding
Verb
  • New York City customers also have the option of requesting their items be picked up at their homes with their online orders.
    Kanika Talwar, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Now, Landry has issued an executive order declaring natural gas to be clean energy and requesting that the Biden administration lift all rules and regulations limiting the export of natural gas.
    Nolan McKendry | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of requesting
Verb
  • Known for their viral phone accessories (in particular the Puffer & Social Media Seriously Harms Your Mental Health cases), Urban Sophistication built a cult following by reinterpreting the everyday objects, telling a story behind every design.
    Angela Lei, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This, as a filmmaker telling this particular story, is infinitely more interesting.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of telling
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