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Lenders legally cannot penalize you for paying off your loan early, however.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

But the Western States Petroleum Assn. trade group opposes that, saying it would penalize California refiners that have already invested in making the cleaner fuel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Most brokers penalize investors who quickly sell SpaceX IPO shares, with penalties ranging from temporary to permanent bans on future IPOs.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

“I think it was a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize accurate reporting,” Alfonsi told the New York Times of her firing.

From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026

It also forbade the use of federal funds for anything that discriminated against anyone, and authorized the federal government to enforce the integration of schools and penalize schools that didn’t comply.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

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

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026

It also penalizes companies whose business is more blue-collar or in services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

It’s similar to California’s Advanced Clean Cars program, which doesn’t require consumers to buy electric vehicles, but penalizes manufacturers if they don’t phase out sales of gasoline and diesel cars and light trucks by 2035.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2025

According to the New York Times, the company “routinely refuses to accept doctors’ notes, penalizes workers who need to take care of a sick family member and otherwise punishes employees for lawful absences.”

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2024

It is less attractive because it penalizes both the short term and the long-term financial players.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Samuel Vaknin

The judge reserved the question of what she called “guardrails for witnesses”—that is, whether Mr. Carroll’s alleged victims will be admonished or perhaps even penalized if they testify that he, rather than “she,” raped them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Regulators often inquire about internal controls on information and have penalized banks when they have found lapses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

China’s market has lagged and Beijing recently penalized brokers that let mainland investors buy stocks abroad.

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026

USC is test-optional and scores are considered as part of holistic review, but students are not penalized if they do not submit them.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Marshall is penalized for having too many men on the field.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

“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

The Justice Department has its own process for investigating and penalizing its lawyers accused of violating ethics, but that is not a substitute for state bar investigations and punishments.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026

The suit claims that about 100 schools are left without these additional resources, penalizing them with larger class sizes and fewer opportunities to meet with teachers, among other drawbacks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026

For three, that could have other First Amendment implications, such as violating religious autonomy “by penalizing the Catholic Church for how it organizes itself.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

By penalizing the different ones whom they sensed as superiors, they increased the value of their own inferiorities.

From Gargoyles by Ben Hecht