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from The Century Dictionary.

  • See banns.

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  • noun Plural form of ban.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ban.

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Examples

  • In addition to the late-term bans, other new restrictions include:—Regulations in Kansas specifying what drugs and equipment abortion clinics must stock and setting requirements for room sizes and temperatures.

    States enact record wave of anti-abortion laws 2011

  • They may not drastically slash the overall number of U.S. abortions — 1.2 million a year at last count — but they have emboldened anti-abortion activists, angered abortion providers, and will likely make decisions all the more wrenching for women affected by the late-term bans.

    States enact record wave of anti-abortion laws 2011

  • IIHS and HLDI President Adrian Lund says, “The point of texting bans is to reduce motor vehicle crashes, and by this essential measure, the laws are ineffective.”

    IIHS study says texting bans don’t reduce crashes, NHTSA critical of study 2010

  • Critics of the late-term bans say other women in predicaments like Deaver's may be forced to choose between traveling out-of-state to get an abortion or proceeding reluctantly with a pregnancy after learning the fetus has a severe anomaly.

    States enact record wave of anti-abortion laws 2011

  • Critics of the late-term bans say other women in predicaments like Deaver's may be forced to choose between traveling out-of-state to get an abortion or proceeding reluctantly with a pregnancy after learning the fetus has a severe anomaly.

    States enact record wave of anti-abortion laws 2011

  • Preview: When Sheldon Penny bans from the apartment of …

    Planet-x.com.au » The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 7 The Panty Pinata … 2010

  • This is reminiscent of 2008 when, in the wake of Lehman Brothers' collapse, authorities in continental Europe, the U.K. and the U.S. put in place short-term bans on short selling of stocks, a practice in which investors bet they will go down in value.

    Europe Sells Itself Short David Reilly 2011

  • I still will not respond to comments here, nor will I allow a flamewar to brew, but I will not be banning people, and I've in fact lifted all the bans from the last go-round on this topic.

    Cease fire. coffeeandink 2009

  • I understood that 'Open Office FTW' comments and the like would result in bans from commenting - please get rid of these useless tosspots asap.

    Beware Of Viruses In Office 2010 BitTorrent Builds | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • In addition to the late-term bans, other new restrictions include:—Regulations in Kansas specifying what drugs and equipment abortion clinics must stock and setting requirements for room sizes and temperatures.

    States enact record wave of anti-abortion laws 2011

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  • Also, as a verb 'he or she bans ...'. 'They have a regulation, it bans ...'.

    March 19, 2012