Examples of imposition in a Sentence
Your kids can stay with me the night you're away—it's really not an imposition.
the imposition of a life sentence on the defendant
the imposition of a tax on liquor
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Peter might be matured, and humanized, by the imposition of fatherhood, but the movie doesn’t attach exactly the same moral weight to that shift as do movies like Raising Helen and Big Daddy, or the sneakily conservative urgings of some of Judd Apatow’s films.
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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
The federal government on Wednesday announced the imposition of a six-month nationwide freeze on new hospice and home health providers under Medicare as part of a sweeping crackdown on fraud.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2026
This prosecution and the Court’s imposition of a long prison term should serve as a stark warning for anyone who may use technology to prey upon children.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
Should this policy go ahead, there are some things that could go wrong, including higher costs to the federal government and imposition of more care access restrictions on seniors and disabled folks, such as prior authorization and narrow physician and hospital networks.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
The federal government on Wednesday announced the imposition of a six-month nationwide freeze on new hospice and home health providers under Medicare as part of a sweeping crackdown on fraud.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2026
This prosecution and the Court’s imposition of a long prison term should serve as a stark warning for anyone who may use technology to prey upon children.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
Should this policy go ahead, there are some things that could go wrong, including higher costs to the federal government and imposition of more care access restrictions on seniors and disabled folks, such as prior authorization and narrow physician and hospital networks.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
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“Imposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imposition. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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imposition
noun
im·po·si·tion
ˌim-pə-ˈzish-ən 
1
: the act of imposing
2
a
: something (as a tax) that is imposed
b
: a demand or request that is very troublesome
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