moratorium|moratoria|moratoriums in English

noun

[mor·a·to·ri·um || ‚mɔrə'tɔrɪəm /‚mɒrə'tɔː-]

legally authorized delay in the payment of money due; abandonment of debts; temporary cessation of an activity (especially when dangerous or harmful)

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1. We need to stay away from the moratoriums.

2. Five other states have passed similar moratoria, citing the economic uncertainty of nuclear power's future.

3. In 1982 the IWC adopted a moratorium on commercial whaling.

4. Synonyms for Armistices include truces, ceasefires, peace, breaks, cease-fires, lulls, moratoriums, respite, treaties and let-ups

5. What happened to the moratorium on inter-team profiling, guys?

6. 13 George Ryan, a Republican, has imposed a moratorium on executions.

7. 12 He promised a moratorium on pit closures if Labour won.

8. The group wanted a sewer system built and the moratorium lifted.

9. (b) & (c) India independently maintains a voluntary and unilateral moratorium on testing.

10. 5 The government has called for a moratorium on weapons testing.

11. And so what we did was, actually, we made moratoriums on the east and west coasts on drilling.

12. 24 The group wanted a sewer system built and the moratorium lifted.

13. 17 Instead, it will propose a long term moratorium on mineral activities.

14. 14 The amendment would put a moratorium on offshore drilling for oil.

15. 2 The convention called for a two-year moratorium on commercial whaling.

16. I think you issued the moratorium because you're losing the battle.

17. 6 Finally, he pro-posed a moratorium on nuclear weapons testing.

18. The colored students held a one-week moratorium on classes to oppose racism.

19. 4 The House voted to impose a one-year moratorium on nuclear testing.

20. I'm lifting the moratorium for every other member of the press corps.

21. 28 The colored students held a one-week moratorium on classes to oppose racism.

22. 3 The coloured students held a one-week moratorium on classes to oppose racism.

23. We are not willing to accept a moratorium on the production of fissile material.

24. * Immediately reinstate a moratorium on executions and work toward complete abolition of capital punishment.

25. 26 We should respond favourably to Mr. Gorbachev's proposals for a moratorium on testing.