punch

Example Sentences

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Up until the mid to late 1950s, Social Security records were stored manually or with electromechanical machines, including punched cards and early tabulating equipment.

From MarketWatch

“The attack is a reminder that Powell will remain a punching bag for the president as long as he is on the Fed board,” said Ethan Harris, a former top economist at Bank of America.

From MarketWatch

The Fed’s job, former Chair William McChesney Martin famously said, is to take the punch bowl away just as the party gets going.

From The Wall Street Journal

Oscar said he was surprised the treatment could pack such a powerful punch in such a small dose.

From BBC

The consumer critique of “Spent” is one that punches primarily sideways, highlighting how readily Alison betrays her own high ethical and political standards and how reflexively she uses an intellectual gloss to rationalize the betrayals.

From Salon