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One potential positive is lower prices for digital transactions within apps if competing stores charge lower commissions than the 15% to 30% fees Apple has been imposing for years.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

"Japan has been imposing strict sanctions against Russia in close coordination with the international community, including the G7," a Japanese Foreign Ministry Official said in an emailed statement.

From Reuters • Apr. 4, 2023

The state has been imposing penalties against noncompliant employers in waves, starting early this year with those that have 101 or more workers in the state.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2022

State health department data show John Muir Health has been imposing an “unconscionable” fee of more than $5,000 for the test since at least 2018, and raising the price every year, the suit claims.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2022

The man has been imposing some story on you to work on your sensibilities.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 by Various