to reimpose

Examples

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• For example, under the sponsorship of Senators Kennedy and Hawkins, the Civil Rights Bill of 1990 currently being argued in Congress would reimpose on employers the burden of proving that they did not discriminate against minorities in hiring.

  Academic text (1990)

• Yet some see a more sinister design in the Kremlin's foreign policy: to reimpose Russian hegemony over the former Soviet states, and perhaps an even greater portion of Eastern Europe, by means of economic and military pressure.

  Academic text (2011)

• Junta wants to either reimpose or extend emergency rules.

  Blog text (20)

• And some of them live not just in DC, but out in LA where they may soon reimpose the indoor mask mandate.

• The restrictions were lifted briefly in early 1986, but reimposed in June of that same year.

  Academic text (1996)

• After restarting aid in May 1980, Washington reimposed sanctions the following year.

  Academic text (2014)

• In February 1867, shortly after proposing the Fourteenth Amendment, Congress reimposed military rule on the southern states and required those states to approve the Amendment as a condition of readmission to the Union.

  Academic text (2000)

• After the pandemic, the city decided to reimpose certain restrictions to ensure public safety.

• The government will reimpose the previous tax rates if the economic situation does not improve.

• Following a rise in cases, officials announced plans to reimpose the travel ban that had been lifted.

Synonyms

R

to renew

vsto reimpose

175 2.8

Make a card or agreement valid again after it ends

is about bringing authority back to enforce rules rather than only renewing validity

R

to reinstate

vsto reimpose

110 5.8

To return a person or thing to a previous position like a job

is specifically about putting rules or measures back in force

R

to reintroduce

vsto reimpose

43 3.9

To bring something back after it was gone or not used

is specifically about applying authority to enforce something again

R

to reestablish

vsto reimpose

37 4.3

To bring back something that stopped or was lost

focuses on applying authority to set rules or limits back in effect

R

to reinstitute

vsto reimpose

6 6.1

To start again a rule or practice that stopped

focuses on applying authority to put rules or limits back in place

R

to reenact

vsto reimpose

• Formal

2 6.6

Make a law or rule work again after it stopped

is about applying a measure again rather than formally passing a law again

R

to reregulate

vsto reimpose

1 7.2

Make rules again for an industry after rules were removed

is broader, applying to any measure rather than only formal rules

R

to reinvoke

vsto reimpose

• Formal

8.1

To bring a rule or law back into use

is about applying authority to enforce that measure rather than merely citing it

Antonyms

L

to lift

255 4.2

To officially end a rule or restriction

R

to repeal

• Formal

143 4.3

To cancel a law or rule so it no longer applies

How Restrictive

to ban

• Formal

484 1.4

to reimpose

5 6.5

to restrict

361 3.1

to limit

∞ 2.1

to permit

531 1.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology