INJUNCTION Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

injunction

noun

in-ˈjəŋ(k)-shən

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. —

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 See all Example Sentences 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
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