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probation

[proh-bay-shuhn] / proʊˈbeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
trial period
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“Based on the totality of the evidence in the case, including the body worn camera video, we determined that pursuing the probation violation was the most appropriate sanction,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Under California law, a judge is required to dismiss the poisoning charge if every condition of probation has been followed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Without naming Bogle, the letter, sent on Wednesday, said he had been identified as a high-risk offender by the probation service but was released on 1 October.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

But the school declined to expel or suspend the graduate student, and instead ordered a written reprimand, a reflection essay, and two months of disciplinary probation just before he graduated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Before he left, he promised his probation officer he would stay out of trouble.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

A trained barrister, he is a former solicitor general for England and Wales, and has been prisons and probations minister.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2023

Documents may include formal accusations, which detail allegations of gross negligence and other violations; letters of reprimand; and disciplinary orders spelling out stipulated agreements, suspensions, revocations and probations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2021

Their protests earned them 12-month probations from the U.S.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2020

Some want uniform caps on probation terms and the Senate bill calls for such limits: three years for misdemeanors and five years for probations.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 22, 2020

Petty inclinations are strengthened by petty motives, exposed to petty probations, and brought by petty steps nearer and nearer to a petty conclusion.

From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by John Black


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