Words similar to bans

Example sentences for: bans

How can you use “bans” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The most concise is in USAT , which says that a section of the 1995 consent decree "bans Microsoft from signing licensing agreements that force PC makers to also license other Microsoft products.
A postelection editorial on ballot measures asserts that progressives won big on campaign finance reform (in Massachusetts and Arizona), but lost on cultural issues (gay marriage bans in Hawaii and Alaska).
Courts in several states, for instance, have invalidated breed-specific bans because they "deny pit bull lovers equal protection and due process."
It also bans production, possession, and use of all nerve and mustard gases.
Isn't this an odd locution for a paper with a style sheet so famously politically correct that it bans such non-issue locutions as "to welsh on a bet"?