sanction
Example Sentences
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Tools like it—including the Defense Production Act, sanction authorities and development finance programs—are scattered across government and underresourced.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
From the outset, Boro have made it clear they expect Southampton to get a sporting sanction.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
By 1980, a sanction on Iran halted nearly all trade, and over 93% of pistachio consumption in the U.S. that year came from within the country.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
“With the increase in capex effectively taking us back to the project’s sanction case for 5% less production and 9% higher real costs, productivity-driven cost creep has been the key disappointment,” says Macquarie.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
I said this almost involuntarily, and, with as little sanction of free will, my tears gushed out.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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