How to Use reimpose in a Sentence

reimpose

verb
Definition of reimposenext
Synonyms for reimposenext
  • Since that didn't happen, the FCC shouldn't reimpose the rules now, Carr says.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The income tax cuts in the law would end, reimposing the higher pre-2018 tax rates.
    — Bob Carlson, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Unless an agreement is reached before the New Year, the tariff will be reimposed and doubled to 50%.
    — Brianna Herlihy, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Hochul and Adams both reserved the right to reimpose mask mandates and vax requirements if the numbers worsen.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 28 Feb. 2022
  • In a July speech, Youngkin pledged to retain advanced math courses and reimpose pre-McAuliffe standards.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 16 Oct. 2021
  • At least, that option has the potential to reimpose the terms of a status quo acceptable to Western powers on Iran.
    — Noah Rothman, National Review, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Officials in the state have been reluctant to reimpose mask mandates.
    — Brianna Abbott, WSJ, 1 May 2022
  • Experts warn there still is a chance the party might reverse course and reimpose restrictions if a large-scale outbreak ensues.
    — Dake Kang, ajc, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Tuesday was the second day in a row that ships continued to carry grain from Ukraine’s key Black Sea ports despite Russia’s threats to reimpose a full blockade.
    — Jared Malsin, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Last month, Latvia became the EU’s first member state to reimpose a four-week lockdown after a surge in cases threatened to overwhelm hospitals.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2021
  • The Irish government last week rejected a call by health chiefs to reimpose a nationwide lockdown, despite a sharp surge in cases.
    — Zamira Rahim, Pierre Bairin and Gaëlle Fournier, CNN, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Nations across Europe are moving quickly to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of covid-19 infections spurred by the omicron variant.
    — Arkansas Online, 20 Dec. 2021
  • But because Maduro has failed to follow through on most of his commitments, the Biden administration reimposed the sanctions.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
  • But Belgium is on track to run western Europe’s worst deficits for years to come, a standout status that may become a test of the bloc’s resolve to reimpose fiscal discipline.
    — Craig Stirling, Fortune Europe, 9 May 2024
  • The Fed could reimpose liquidity requirements for those banks, a rule Powell relaxed in 2019.
    — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Philadelphia became the first city to reimpose its mask mandate as cases rose there in April, but the city got rid of the requirement just a few days later amid a public outcry against it.
    — Alison Durkee, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • One of the two measures approved by Dahlstrom would reimpose limits on the size of donations to Alaska political campaigns.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Cases in Malaysia began to surge at the start of 2021, prompting the government to reimpose lockdown restrictions that had been lifted last December.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 11 Oct. 2021
  • If he was accused of corruption violations again, the full sanctions could be reimposed, the officials said.
    — Eric Lipton, New York Times, 16 May 2024
  • This includes the criteria to reimpose indoor mask mandates in stores and other public settings — a mandate that Marin lifted on Nov. 1.
    — Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Dec. 2021
  • After small bursts of fragile progress, anything more than our very existence still seems to enrage those who seek to reinforce and reimpose the tired and dangerous status quo.
    — Jodi Balfour, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Afghans fearing that the Taliban could reimpose the kind of brutal rule that all but eliminated women’s rights rushed to leave the country as well, lining up at cash machines to withdraw their life savings.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2021
  • The government has tried to reimpose a lockdown in some areas, but this time with fierce resistance from politicians and businesses wary of doing as much damage to the economy.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Months into the pandemic, some clinics started to reimpose normal rules, researchers say.
    — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 22 Dec. 2022
  • But if tariffs were reimposed, leaders in the U.S. solar industry say the impacts to jobs and climate targets would be devastating.
    — Maxine Joselow, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
  • If the task force’s mandate is overturned, states do have the option of passing laws that effectively reimpose its insurance mandate; at least 15 states already have such laws.
    — Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 21 June 2024
  • Those fears have fully materialized, and pressure to reimpose the oil sanctions is mounting.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
  • In China, authorities have moved to reimpose strict lockdowns to curb BA.2 outbreaks in several cities.
    — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Federal prosecutor Annalise Peters urged the judge to reimpose the seven-year sentence.
    — Kate Brumback, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
  • In 2018, the United States reimposed sanctions on Iran’s oil exports in an attempt to constrain the country’s nuclear program, removing over one million barrels from the global oil market.
    — Gregory Brew, Foreign Affairs, 13 July 2022

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