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The phrase "a moratorium on" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a temporary suspension or halt of an activity or process, often in a legal or formal context.
Example: "The government has declared a moratorium on new construction projects until further notice."
Alternatives: "a pause in" or "a suspension of".
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"Declare a moratorium on detention.
How about a moratorium on Nazis?
There is currently a moratorium on the conversion of S.R.O.
A moratorium on hiring will remain in place.
Can we please have a moratorium on private-school interviews?
We thus need a moratorium on uranium mining.
To declare a moratorium on executions was amazingly bold stuff".
Even Russia issued a moratorium on executions in 1996.
Another official proposed a moratorium on charter-school growth.
A moratorium on deepwater drilling, enacted by U.S. Pres.
Alas, there is a moratorium on such licences.
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