How to Use moratorium in a Sentence

moratorium

noun
  • The treaty calls for a nuclear testing moratorium.
  • The tribe rebuked Biden in the first days of his term over the oil and gas moratorium.
    — Brady McCombs, ajc, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The moratorium runs through the end of this year, when Dunne, Portsmouth’s mayor, hopes to get some guidance from the state.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
  • The moratorium has been in place since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 and was poised to lift at the end of the month.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Naturally, the moratorium is a good thing for the future of the species.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 26 July 2023
  • By the time Trump takes office in January, the moratorium will have been on the books for two years.
    — Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
  • In New York, an eviction fight is ramping up now that the moratorium is over.
    — CBS News, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Many deals will be reached in the first hours of free agency, but teams can’t sign players until the free agent moratorium ends at 9:01 a.m.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 29 June 2024
  • And then there's a couple that just to have outright moratoriums.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • If a pause is not put in place soon, the letter said governments should step in and create a moratorium.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023
  • On Tuesday, the court said that from the time the moratorium lifted in late August through Christmas Eve, 989 writs of eviction were signed.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 9 Jan. 2022
  • The current statewide moratorium was set to expire in 2025.
    — Sylvan Lebrun, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2024
  • One of the main reasons for the moratorium was to reduce air pollution from the idling vehicles.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2023
  • That means the White House's move to extend its payment moratorium this week will dent its sales and profits, the company said.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Only in New Mexico has a statewide moratorium been in place for as long.
    — New York Times, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Throughout the health crisis — amid moratoriums and federal rent aid — that rate was cut in about half.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2024
  • Here’s the most common reason to act now: Since the start of the moratorium, up to 30 million borrowers have gotten a new loan servicer.
    — Janet Novack, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The moratorium had been set to expire in May, but Biden again extended it through August 31.
    — Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Some in National City raised those same complaints, with calls to the City Council to issue a moratorium on drive-thrus.
    — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2022
  • While the moratorium was never put in place, the letter fueled the debate on whether AI’s progress needs to be slowed and how involved governments need to be.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The White House continues its near-moratorium on new leases to drill on federal land and its block of Alaskan drilling.
    — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The moratorium approved Wednesday on new STRs outside the coastal zone will be effective in 30 days.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The judge's order out of Texas will put more pressure on the Biden administration to yet again extend the moratorium through much of 2023.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Teams can now negotiate deals with free agents during the moratorium and agree to deals.
    — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2023
  • Daniel said a moratorium sets off red flags when trying to secure financing for a project.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The moratorium on processing the Employee Retention Credit will last through at least the end of the year and covers all new claims.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The group added that landlords were still reeling from the pandemic-era eviction moratorium and rent freeze.
    — Sandhya Kambhampati, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
  • It’s been more than 30 years since a moratorium on cod fishing struck a heavy blow to the economy of Fogo Island, off the coast of Newfoundland.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Trump also said levies on Canadian and Mexican imports would take hold after a 30-day moratorium ends next week.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Other cases resolved Aside from Spring Leaf, two other businesses were charged with allegedly selling products during the moratorium.
    — Alex Malm, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025

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