impose

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Recent Examples of impose The president said on Monday that the U.S. will impose 100% tariffs on countries that engage in trade with Russia if there is no peace deal to end the war in Ukraine within 50 days. Alain Sherter, CBS News, 14 July 2025 On Saturday, President Donald Trump said the U.S. will impose 30% tariffs on the European Union and Mexico starting Aug. 1. Jesse Pound, CNBC, 13 July 2025 The economic loss causes promising start ups to shut down, delays innovation, creates lengthy legal quagmires, and imposes higher prices for consumers. John L. Mica, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025 The state also referenced the heavy toll a monthslong trial could impose on the families as well as the possibility of lengthy appeals even if Kohberger were to be convicted and sentenced to death, according to the letter reviewed by ABC News. Kayna Whitworth, ABC News, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for impose
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impose
Verb
  • Two Republican senators and a broad bipartisan coalition of funders and nonprofits prevented a 600% increase in taxes levied on the endowments of the largest private foundations as part of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending legislation.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 July 2025
  • His administration also cited national security concerns for levying a tariff on copper.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
Verb
  • The woman's debit card was charged $31.72 and then $141.31 and then $89.95 for this order.
    Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 24 July 2025
  • For now, the team is in production on an untitled Netflix series about Karen Read, whose boyfriend was found dead and who was charged over his murder yet always insisted she was framed as part of a conspiracy by civilians and law enforcement to protect the real killers.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 July 2025
Verb
  • Several tourists have been fined for leaving the boardwalks.
    Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2025
  • Clifford Trenton pleaded guilty on Sept. 26, 2024, and was fined $85.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2025
Verb
  • Robert put the club ahead one inning later with the 99th home run of his career.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
  • The state health department distributes $12 million in SNAP-Ed funding annually to half a dozen agencies who, in turn, put staff in schools, senior centers, food pantries and farmers markets to teach food stamp recipients how to eat healthier and live a more active lifestyle.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 29 July 2025
Verb
  • Saudi Arabia's flagship urban development, The Line, entered a critical phase of evaluation this week, as the kingdom's Public Investment Fund (PIF) engaged external consulting firms to assess the feasibility of the megaproject.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
  • The National Hurricane Center continued Sunday to assess a tropical wave moving across the Atlantic with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2025

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“Impose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impose. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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