Example Sentences

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For decades the Justice Department and the FCC have prohibited one owner from operating more than one TV station in a market or from reaching more than 39% of American households.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Cox had also given touchingly humane voice to the idea that LGBTQ+ people deserve respect and in 2022 vetoed a bill that would have prohibited transgender youth from participating in school sports.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2025

Some states — including Hawaii, Minnesota, Vermont, Rhode Island, and New York — have prohibited the use of unclaimed bodies in medical education.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2024

It also would have prohibited sales to anyone under 21.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024

“I wish I could,” she says, “but the Erudite have prohibited Abnegation visitors from entering their compound. If I tried, I would be removed from the premises.”

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth