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sanctioning

adjective as in enabling

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adjective as in permitting

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The JPMorgan penalty far exceeds previous spoofing-related fines levied against banks, and is the toughest sanction imposed in the Justice Department’s years-long crackdown on spoofing.

From Fortune

Leaders of the democratic alliance could then decide, on the basis of the tribunal’s rulings, whether economic and political sanctions should follow.

These are sanctions — in addition to American economic strictures against Iran — that were in place before the nuclear deal with Tehran, at which point they were lifted.

From Ozy

In 2018, telecom giant ZTE faced US policy restrictions for violating sanctions, amid fears that the company’s telecommunications infrastructure might pose security risks.

So what you see is that when you apply economic sanctions on a target, especially for a tough goal, a lot of times what’s happening is they fail and then you end up using military force.

German firms do a great deal of business in Russia and have been strong voices against sanctioning Moscow.

While these entities may find common cause in the act of sanctioning, they often espouse different goals.

“This is the first time a pope has talked about sanctioning bishops,” he said.

Both countries have cooperated, at times, on sanctioning Iran for its nuclear program.

The Supreme Court rulings sanctioning same-sex marriage only put the icing on that cake.

In recent years we see the Central Authority willingly sanctioning special provision for individual cases.

Jefferson signed this act in 1807, thus sanctioning the compelling of the obedience of a State to the General Government.

This may be done without making men superficial—without sanctioning the dissipation of mere desultory reading.

Turnpike acts, sanctioning the construction of new roads, became numerous.

Secondly, the Jesuits had all they could do to defend themselves from the charge of idolatry for sanctioning the Chinese Rites.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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