How to Use prohibition in a Sentence

prohibition

noun
  • The court said the absence of a prohibition in state law does not mean that drop boxes are legal.
    Arkansas Online, 9 July 2022
  • Raising the specter of a new prohibition felt a little extreme.
    Jason Wilson, Washington Post, 25 July 2022
  • Maybe a 1920-pack next year to celebrate the end of prohibition?
    Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 30 June 2022
  • In recent years, France has come closer to ending its national prohibition of cannabis, which has been in place since 1970.
    The Conversation, 13 July 2022
  • The court also struck down a state prohibition in Maine on using public money to attend schools that offer religious instruction.
    John Fritze, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022
  • Sports betting has spread nationwide since the Supreme Court struck down a federal prohibition on it in 2018.
    Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The suit challenges only the prohibition on the billy and not the other weapons listed in the same statute.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Built in 1889, the basement of the home served as a speakeasy during the prohibition era, according to the Daily Hive.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The prohibition against soap comes from a time when all soap was made with lye, which could eat through a patina in minutes.
    Julia Moskin, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • There's no prohibition against the types of vehicles that go over it.
    Elaine Quijano, CBS News, 21 June 2023
  • The story of the prohibition begins with the Christian right.
    Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2022
  • But the bills would go further by placing a prohibition in state law.
    Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The union has also sought to require union sign-off on any use of AI, as well as a prohibition on AI training.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
  • If the court greenlights the restrictions, the tougher six-week prohibition could take effect.
    Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • But it’s not too late to save the $72 billion cannabis industry from the perils of prohibition.
    Laura Smythe, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
  • There is no prohibition for banks to serve firms in the cryptocurrency space.
    Gene A. Grant Ii, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Reynolds has vowed to fight the ban all the way to the Supreme Court, a battle that could postpone implementation of the final prohibition rule for years.
    David A. Fahrenthold, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The latest is a prohibition against the use of government funds to promote Covid vaccines.
    Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The most scandalous feature of all here is the absolute prohibition on them.
    Matthew Scully, National Review, 16 May 2023
  • The end of the priesthood/temple prohibition on Black members.
    Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
  • That prohibition extends to the purchase of school supplies.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
  • And in April, Montana legislators approved a bill to block TikTok in the state, a first-of-its-kind prohibition.
    Kalley Huang, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • Meanwhile, Ralph Nader, the consumer activist, wrote to Rehnquist about the scandal to ask for a prohibition on such trips.
    Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 13 Dec. 2023
  • DeSantis has since pushed to expand the prohibition to all grades.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • In 2018, New York City lifted a prohibition on riders zipping through city streets on e-bikes.
    Tim Balk, New York Daily News, 20 May 2024
  • But at least one community that thought about adopting a natural gas prohibition has put the idea on the shelf — at least for the time being.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Brunson now sees her mother’s embrace of a faith with strict prohibitions on drugs as a way of seeking safety.
    Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
  • At the trial, James is seeking a $250 million penalty and a prohibition on Trump doing business in New York.
    Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The subterranean bar has a New York prohibition vibe with fringed chairs, plush private booths - a secret drinking den.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Moreover, there was the nagging question of whether the tournament would transgress the NCAA’s increasingly fuzzy, but still formal, prohibition against paying athletes to play.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2024

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