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punishing decree n.
decide punishment v.

NOUN

punishing decree

Synonyms

STRONGEST

censure decision edict judgment order penalty punishment ruling term verdict

STRONG

book clock condemnation determination dictum doom fall getup hitch jolt knock pronouncement rap sleep stretch time trick vacation

WEAK

considered opinion sending up the river

Antonyms

STRONGEST

encouragement indecision praise reward

WEAK

accusation charge

VERB

decide punishment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blame condemn confine convict imprison incarcerate jail penalize punish

STRONG

adjudge adjudicate damn denounce devote doom impound judge ordain proscribe railroad rule settle

WEAK

mete out pass judgment put away put on ice send to prison send up the river take the fall throw the book at

Antonyms

STRONGEST

exonerate free let go liberate pardon praise release reward

STRONG

commend

WEAK

accuse charge

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But I remember rewriting several sentences of my own work in the hopes of satisfying this new integrity god.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

In her lessons with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, Monroe read aloud the final sentence of Molly’s soliloquy—at 4,391 words, one of the longest sentences in English literature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Everything else, beyond copy-and-pasting sentences directly from an LLM into your manuscript, is a gray area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

That is the argument, delivered in full sentences, on the record, to a reporter, by the people it benefits.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

She does not read it the way she and Kat used to read books—devouring them with the speed of two people famished for words, ideas, and beautiful sentences that make you feel everything.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti