forbidding
Example Sentences
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A government notice said junta chief Min Aung Hlaing ordered releases of more than 7,300 prisoners convicted under legislation forbidding "financing of terrorism" and harbouring or arranging transport for "any terrorist group".
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
And at least one time, the government deported a noncitizen in direct contravention of a court order forbidding that deportation.
From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026
Hollywood unions and companies have supported legislation forbidding AI-generated replicas of people without their permission.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
They are part of a growing network of “dual-use” facilities—newly built or expanded and modernized over a decade—that dot the Tibetan plateau’s forbidding landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
It was still beautiful, certainly, but there was a forbidding quality to it, too.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.