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punitive

[pyoo-ni-tiv] / ˈpyu nɪ tɪv /


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The complaint seeks a permanent injunction, an award no less than for $15 million for actual damages and punitive damages.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

In Luria’s view, investors will start to “rethink the previous punitive valuation framework” for Micron, which will lead to “substantial upside.”

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Within those decades, there wasn’t just deft marketing campaigns and organic interest growth that raised American pistachio’s profile — there was punitive foreign policy on the world’s then-top pistachio producer.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

Soto is seeking an unspecified amount of punitive and compensatory damages.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

A compassionate, humane approach to the problems of the urban poor must replace the punitive practices and policies that have multiplied the harms associated with poverty and racial oppression.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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