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penalize

[peen-l-ahyz, pen-] / ˈpin lˌaɪz, ˈpɛn- /


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She lists bills that would penalize states that permit abuse of their welfare systems, of which Minnesota is hardly alone, and another that would require deportation of aliens convicted of fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

These often measure text similarity or overlap, but they don’t heavily penalize the tiny errors that should fail in a health setting.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

These penalize an adviser for poor performance to the same extent they reward good performance.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

“We don’t penalize well-designed experiments that fail,” the Kochs write, “because they create knowledge that leads to better decisions in the future.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

“I own the original patent for making patent leather, ” Fletcher said in a patent lie. penalize.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

They recently ratcheted up a revenue-based business-and-occupation tax that penalizes growth and profitability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Lockwood hears from parents who wonder if saving for college penalizes them when it comes to financial aid.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026

This penalizes players who enter the transfer portal and leave.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2024

Still, May continued to disregard the rule that penalizes those directors who take budgets lightly. 1976’s “Mikey and Nicky,” a bleak gangster buddy film, was plagued by cost overruns and a lumpy plot.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024

This same act penalizes refusal to cooperate properly with the census taker by answering his questions and in other ways.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Edward Samuel Corwin

People who sell to lower- and moderate-income consumers are getting penalized by their customers in some cases for raising prices, but they’re still willing to try, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Even in cases where regulators found that companies endangered workers or committed multiple violations, few were penalized for all their citations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

The same month, California Attorney General Rob Bonta penalized a private equity-backed dental business for violating the recently enacted statute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

During a second-round match between two of tennis’ most combustible personalities, Ilie Nastase and John McEnroe, chair umpire Frank Hammond penalized and eventually defaulted Nastase for his behavior.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

“Does that mean we are better than anyone else? No. But we should not be penalized because we cannot get into the old yacht club.”

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

“Broadcom’s recent relative underperformance reduced the hurdle, but the quarter still arrived in a market that is penalizing anything short of a step-function surprise.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

“Meta still has the most call optionality, where the market is penalizing them for the spend and not giving them credit for potential revenue from the spend,” he wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Policies shouldn’t be focused on convincing or penalizing the intentionally child-free.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

Vice President JD Vance met with South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok in Washington last week and warned him against penalizing U.S. tech firms including Coupang, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

For example, there is neither good sense nor honesty in penalizing a corporation because some of its officials have done wrong.

From Morals in Trade and Commerce by Frank B. Anderson


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