as in edict
a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned
in the cult there were injunctions for and against everything, as nothing was a matter of personal choice
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Recent Examples of injunction
While many of the cases are still working their way through the system, several federal judges have been swift in issuing temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions, questioning the legality and constitutionality of President Donald Trump's actions.
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2025
This injunction will hold until the court’s final ruling on who owns New Jeans.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025
Just days before their performance, the court granted the preliminary injunction.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Since then a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against the dismantling of the agency, but the memo appears to indicate that the administration has plans to continue its mission of drastically cutting USAID and fully folding it into the State Department.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2025
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2025
This injunction will hold until the court’s final ruling on who owns New Jeans.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025
Just days before their performance, the court granted the preliminary injunction.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Since then a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against the dismantling of the agency, but the memo appears to indicate that the administration has plans to continue its mission of drastically cutting USAID and fully folding it into the State Department.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for injunction
Noun
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The column does not call out Bezos personally but raises concerns about his new edict.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN,
12 Mar. 2025
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Businesses and investors face significant challenges managing climate risk in light of the federal government’s dramatic new climate edicts.—
John Kostyack,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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In this new event, six of Florida’s top high school orchestras present concerts and receive adjudication and instruction from industry professionals.—
Matthew J. Palm,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2025
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Forty percent of Columbia University’s budget goes to patient care and research, and nearly 40% more toward instruction, according to the lawsuit.—
Chris Boyette,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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The vastness of framed white space and the comparatively minuscule labels arrest the viewer, requiring them to crane their neck, to move back and forth or close to the frame in order to read from part to part to whole while also weighing the blanks.—
Mara Mills,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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Bove filed the motion after Danielle Sassoon, the former interim Manhattan U.S. attorney, quit rather than obey an order to ask the court to drop the charges.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2025
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The country’s ruling coalition government collapsed earlier in the year amid infighting over European Union energy directives.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2025
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The Mangione case is the first high-profile one to come under his administration's directive, Lain said; however, the federal death row landscape has changed dramatically since Mr. Trump's first term — and the appetite for executions nationwide has plummeted.—
Cara Tabachnick,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2025
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The ninth commandment instructs us not to bear false witness.—
Mark Sandy,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025
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These early church leaders consider biblical passages, including commandments in the Hebrew Bible, to welcome strangers.—
Laura E. Alexander,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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The pendulum, which swung far toward inclusion in the wake of George Floyd’s murder in 2020, is now swinging back in full force in the opposite direction.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Gonzalez joined the weightlifting team beginning in her junior season and excelled under the direction of coach Heidi Bowser.—
Alex Kushel,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Mar. 2025
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Bezos owns the Post, and this decree is within his prerogatives.—
Ruth Marcus,
The New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2025
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People get visas with a note saying it’s based on a presidential decree.—
Fred Weir,
The Christian Science Monitor,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Injunction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injunction. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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