as in edict
a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned
in the cult there were injunctions for and against everything, as nothing was a matter of personal choice
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Recent Examples of injunction
The court’s emergency stay halts, for now, a federal judge’s injunction that blocked the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which would require millions of business entities to disclose personal information about their owners.
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Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025
And, last summer, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated many parts of an earlier federal injunction that had been holding up implementation of California’s law.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
Their lawsuit requests a preliminary injunction to immediately prevent the order from taking effect.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2025
In 2023, the Supreme Court blocked an injunction that would have prevented the Biden administration from pressuring social media firms to take down content.
—Ars Technica, 21 Jan. 2025
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Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025
And, last summer, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated many parts of an earlier federal injunction that had been holding up implementation of California’s law.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
Their lawsuit requests a preliminary injunction to immediately prevent the order from taking effect.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2025
In 2023, the Supreme Court blocked an injunction that would have prevented the Biden administration from pressuring social media firms to take down content.
—Ars Technica, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for injunction
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Although company leaders announce the return-to-office edicts, direct supervisors are reluctant to scold or discipline employees for trying to get around them, Nickson said.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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McLellan’s Day 1 edict to play harder, faster and smarter has come to fruition, which has revived a season that only three weeks ago seemed doomed.—
Max Bultman,
The Athletic,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Everyday robes should be washed regularly, following the instructions on the care tag.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Jan. 2025
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Even as President Donald Trump recently obliterated the federal government’s support for DEI, his executive order leaves academic instruction untouched.—
Matt Beienburg,
National Review,
25 Jan. 2025
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To that extent, the Trump Administration move makes sense, since it’s keyed to a change–an order that most remote and hybrid workers return to the office by or be fired and that agencies submit their back-to-work plans by February 7.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes,
30 Jan. 2025
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Multiple suits over the citizenship order have been filed in multiple jurisdictions.—
Sam Baker,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
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The head of that office, Corey Amundson, resigned this week to avoid a Trump administration directive ordering him to transfer to a sanctuary cities enforcement group within the Justice Department.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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By the evening of Friday, Jan. 24, Secretary of State Marco Rubio had issued a directive that went even further, effectively freezing operations at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. government's lead provider of nonmilitary foreign aid.—
Belinda Luscombe,
TIME,
1 Feb. 2025
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But his life was also a broader love story about love for his fellow humans, and about living out the commandment to love your neighbor as yourself.—
Rachel Dobkin,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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Forgetting To Stock Your Home Number 6 on our list of the top 7 commandments of Southern entertaining?—
Karla Walsh,
Southern Living,
9 Dec. 2024
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This round of executive orders points in the right direction.—
Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
25 Jan. 2025
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What shines through loud and clear is the importance of the feelings of self-confidence and direction engendered by acquiring such wilderness skills and deploying them successfully.—
Alissa Simon,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
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But the legality of his decree remains in question, and TikTok is still unavailable in US app stores.—
Paresh Dave,
WIRED,
22 Jan. 2025
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Two days after being sworn in as president, Trump signed one that essentially rolled back the decades-old decree.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Injunction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injunction. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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