injunction
noun
a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons to whom it is directed to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act.
injunctions
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pluralof injunction.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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After a group of 23 states sued, multiple federal courts issued injunctions blocking its implementation.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Bonta, who is named in the suit, has a winning court record over the Trump administration, and has secured at least 12 final court rulings and more than 35 preliminary injunctions or emergency orders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Last year, federal judges issued preliminary injunctions restricting Homeland Security and U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
The Times story about the leaked documents relates to the court’s emergency docket: the calendar of pending cases not subject to ordinary briefing, such as stays and emergency injunctions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
To drum up public support for the law, legal injunctions were bolstered by insidious propaganda—a formula that the Nazis would eventually bring to monstrous perfection.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
