ban
verb (used with object)
to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict.
Example Sentences
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Then it unbanned him and rejected GameStop’s takeover attempt, with its board saying the offer was “neither credible nor attractive.”
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
The government relented and unbanned the U.S. dollar.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
Tweeting this month, he pressed what he called a conspiracy theory: “twitter unbanned all of us cuz their engagement was tanking w/o us.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
Indeed, humans have been using it for thousands of years, but in the U.S. it was illegal from 1970 until 2018, when it was unbanned as part of the annual Farm Bill.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2022
Almost the entire executive leadership of the ANC, both banned and unbanned, had been arrested.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
