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a temporary stop to an ongoing activityIn law, a moratorium is an authorized postponement before a right can be exercised or an obligation must be discharged.
- The environmentalists want a moratorium on drilling in the Gulf until further studies are completed.
- a moratorium on payment of principal of outstanding city notes
- See also the never-passed "Life Patenting Moratorium Act of 1993," (103rd Congress, S.387) introduced February 18, 1993.Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Abolitionists were becoming hopeful that more profound death penalty reform or possibly a moratorium might be achievable.Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
- He is intrigued by this correlation but, like the "Moratorium" author, fails to see the direction in which the correlation runs.Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics
- The moratorium on new prisoners seemed real, because the flow of new faces slowed to a feeble trickle.Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black
- The ensuing march and demonstration — called the Chicano Moratorium Against The War — became the largest anti-war rally ever held in a minority community.Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
- It was October is, Moratorium Day, when the United States reverberated with the chants and pleadings of those discontented with the war.Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
- Well, let's agree on a moratorium.Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
- Osner has imposed a moratorium on crash talk," Daisy said.Judy Blume -- In the Unlikely Event
- On the basis of these promises, the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and the leaders of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights agreed to a moratorium on all demonstrations.Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Charles agreed to a moratorium, but after several months candidly told his father, "Were I to declare that I did not entertain the same opinion of Sally Smith that I ever did, I should declare a falsehood."David McCullough -- John Adams
- I declare, effective at this moment, a moratorium on the payment of all debts, rents, taxes, interest, mortgages, insurance claims, and premiums, and all and any other financial obligations for the duration of the emergency.Pat Frank -- Alas, Babylon
- At age 16, I participated in the Chicano Moratorium Against the Vietnam War — the so-called East L.A. riot.Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
- But, right now you can't make up for the Chicano Moratorium, for Miguel Robles and all the others who've suffered because of this society.Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
- Don't you know what they can do to us through this Railroad Pool, or through the Unification Board, or through the moratorium on our bonds?Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
- A result and impetus of all this activity became the Chicano Moratorium Against the War.Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
- As soon as the "Martha moratorium" was lifted, the Camp would get dozens of freaks rushed in, ruining our temporarily placid prison lives.Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black
- THE MORATORIUM ON BRAINS "Where have you been all this time?"Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
- The moratorium on brains.Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
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