formally ban
Frequency: 6.58.1 per million words
to ban in an official and proper way
Categories:
Examples (10)
- The city council voted to formally ban single-use plastics last year.
- The substance has been formally banned in several countries due to health concerns.
- The international committee will meet next month to formally ban the use of the chemical in agriculture.
- If the evidence is conclusive, we will have no choice but to formally ban the product.
- Formally banning the practice required a lengthy legislative process.
- Did the organization ever formally ban members from accepting such gifts?
- In the 1920s, the United States decided to formally ban the production and sale of alcoholic beverages.
- The new regulations formally ban all forms of discrimination within the workplace.
- The spokesperson announced that the board had decided to formally ban the controversial advertising campaign.
- After years of debate, the government will formally ban the import of exotic pets to protect local ecosystems.