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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The whistleblower also alleges that the administration moved forward with steps to create the new system during two initial injunctions from the court, which would have violated the court’s order.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
District Court Judge Indira Talwani, who issued the injunctions, said it’s “a likely unconstitutional regulation for which compliance is practically impossible as to the 2026 midterm elections, now little more than two months away.”
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
Federal judges have issued preliminary injunctions restricting Homeland Security and U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
Last year, in an earlier iteration of the case, the court heard arguments on the power of district judges to issue broad injunctions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
The injunctions against the wrong kinds of investigation were so sharp that the parson-naturalists did not even question the myths of creation; it was the perfect separation of church and mental state.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
