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sanctioned

[sangk-shuhnd] / ˈsæŋk ʃənd /


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The last officially sanctioned World’s Fair in the U.S. was hosted by New Orleans in 1984, and it produced no truly defining technological debut or enduring urban transformation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Although quite a few movies have taken place against the whirl of the Cannes Film Festival, only a handful have been shot within sanctioned festival spaces — often because of artistic, logistical and financial constraints.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

In November 2025, Ukraine claimed a naval drone attack against two sanctioned Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Treasury contends that Maarij arranged for oil to be diverted to an Iraqi businessman, Salim Ahmed Said, who was sanctioned by the U.S. last year for smuggling Iranian oil blended with Iraqi oil.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

He raises the truck’s aerial, puts on the headset, and scans the spectra, trying to find anything that is not sanctioned.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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