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admonition

[ad-muh-nish-uhn] / ˌæd məˈnɪʃ ən /


NOUN
scolding
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STRONGEST


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And with a star whose famous father serves as producer, it‘s an admonition to the term “nepo baby.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

"You have no previous convictions and I have taken the view that admonition is appropriate."

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Above the Torah ark in Ms. Wisse’s synagogue, an admonition is written in Hebrew: “Know before whom you stand.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

The vice president adhered to Biden’s admonition that there be “no daylight” between the two of them as she campaigned for president after he withdrew from the race.

From Salon May 5, 2026

The other word for man contains the same admonition, but turns the message around.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Given the IRS’s guidance and admonitions, tax professionals said, most taxpayers didn’t roll the dice on that literal reading.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 16, 2026

Criminologists tend to speak in caveats, with warning of reversion to the mean and admonitions to wait for better data, but even they must admit: These are some eye-catching numbers.

From Slate May 7, 2025

Respected by fire agencies across the country, Cohen and Pyne have found their straight-talk admonitions often disregarded or dismissed.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2025

Despite decades of admonitions from nutritionists and environmentalists to “eat locally, think globally,” our collective diets are more international than ever.

From Science Magazine Nov. 26, 2024

Usually, Dede was full of admonitions about Jaimito’s reckless driving, but now she found herself pressing her own foot on an invisible gas pedal.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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