bans

[ banz ]

/ bænz /

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noun (used with a plural verb)Ecclesiastical.

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How to use bans in a sentence

New York blinks in the face of uncertainty and bans hydraulic fracturing.
New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban|Jay Michaelson|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Kansas, as in many states, challenges to same-sex marriage bans are wending their way through the courts.
Gay Marriage Chaos Begins|Jay Michaelson|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Were state same-sex marriage bans really going to go undefeated?
All The Wrong Reasons to Ban Gay Unions|Jay Michaelson|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
UNO currently bans students from smoking in their own cars on campus, despite the fact that it has no legal grounds to do so.
The University Of New Orleans’ Cigarette Ban Is Total BS|Chloé Valdary|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Today, there are no travel bans levied against the 8:15am Acela bound for Philly.
Disease History Vs. Disease Hysteria|Kevin Bleyer|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In this village you will mumble over the bans without one of your congregation ever taking heed of the name.
Night and Morning, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
It is the blood-tie that bans marriage within the totem group, not the common totem.
The Secret of the Totem|Andrew Lang
A hundred thousand bans and maledictions fall upon Mercury and Haas, the architect, who sent for me to look at it!
The Man-Wolf and Other Tales|Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian
There, too, were the bans of her brother Maurice published, and there he was married.
Catholic World, Vol. XIII, April to September, 1871|Various
Keijo we found a vast city where all the population, with the exception of the nobles or yang-bans, dressed in the eternal white.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)|Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for bans

bans

/ (bænz) /

pl n

a variant spelling of banns

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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