declare a moratorium

Examples (10)

• The government decided to declare a moratorium on new building permits.
• The council will declare a moratorium on controversial logging practices.
• Environmental groups urged the company to declare a moratorium on deep-sea mining.
• Facing public outcry, the administration might declare a moratorium on oil exploration.
• The committee met to discuss whether to declare a moratorium on fishing certain species.
• Many nations are calling for a global body to declare a moratorium on nuclear testing.
• The mayor intends to declare a moratorium on evictions during the pandemic.
• It's time for us to declare a moratorium on unnecessary plastic production.
• They had no choice but to declare a moratorium on hiring new staff.
• After careful consideration, the board will declare a moratorium on all non-essential spending.