penalize

Example Sentences

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The risk for the technology companies is that future juries choose to treat social-media addiction in the same way as tobacco companies were penalized in lawsuits over the harms of smoking.

From Barron's

It seems I am being penalized for moving the account: Leaving it at Fidelity requires no distribution, but attempting a rollover triggers one.

From MarketWatch

Doing so would penalize some software companies for expenses that may not end up materializing to such an extreme degree, he added.

From MarketWatch

“So you could have raised millions of dollars, but if you’ve been in longer than someone else who just raised millions of dollars very quickly, you get penalized.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Borrowers will see unpredictable payment spikes whenever their income crosses certain arbitrary thresholds. They could be penalized for small cost-of-living raises.”

From Salon