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noun

plural of sentence

as in rulings

a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard he received a light sentence because it was his first offense and he was an otherwise upstanding citizen

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sentence

as in condemns

to impose a judicial punishment on the judge sentenced him to a fine of $50 and time served

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Recapping what the Panthers did Saturday What the Panthers did Saturday could be described in three short sentences. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Aug. 2026 The White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud highlighted the sentences on Friday, saying the case exploited a program intended to feed thousands of children in Minnesota. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026 Miller and Young each received two-year prison sentences but were released shortly after accepting the plea agreement. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 Filling empty beds The national incarceration rate – which includes both jails, for short-term detention, and prisons, for sentences of more than a year – has more or less crept downward since 2010. — Ella Siegrist, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026 Cambodian lawmakers unanimously adopted a new law in March targeting online scam operations with sentences of up to life in prison, following a government pledge to shut down the centers by the end of April. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 Soon, there were robberies and drug arrests and prison sentences; San Quentin and Folsom and Soledad. — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 26 Aug. 2026 Since his original conviction, the law has been tightened to allow sentences of up to five years for forgery, said Marseglia. — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026 Beyond the larger metaphor for the climate crisis in those first sentences, this is where the large-scale agricultural politics become mere backdrop to the more compelling personal story. — Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026

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Courts have upheld both inmates’ sentences Duckett and Occhicone were both convicted by juries, and appellate courts have denied multiple attempts to overturn their death sentences – although Duckett has maintained his innocence. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 26 July 2026 The founder's name anchors sentences about the company's achievements. — Joseph Byrum, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 On March 30, a Paris court convicts Le Pen and other National Rally officials of misusing European Parliament funds, sentences her to prison and bars her from seeking public office for five years with immediate effect. — ABC News, 6 July 2026 A student can ask what claim the file appears to make, where the evidence is thin, which sentences sound inflated, and which lines could have been written by almost any strong applicant. — Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026 Charming sentences to find in a book by the sitting vice president of the United States! — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026 The case now goes to a hearing scheduled for June 1, where his attorneys will be allowed to argue his life be spared before Munyon formally sentences him. — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026 Her sentences themselves have a cartilaginous magic. — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026 Despite the wholesale change in how California sentences juvenile offenders, outrage over the crime has not faded. — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026

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The rulings also leave unanswered how the admission maps onto the different Style3D versions examined during the case.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
Turkey’s government insists its courts are independent as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shrugs off European rulings, a stance that has already fueled a diplomatic clash with Western ambassadors over Kavala’s detention.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of rulings

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Each side condemns the other while defending its own exceptions to fiscal discipline.

— Carolyn Bourdeaux, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Based on a Joseph Conrad story, the period drama follows two officers in Napoleon’s army (Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel) whose minor quarrel condemns them to 15 years of repeatedly trying to kill each other.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of condemns

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Together, these findings pointed to uneven conditions beneath the road.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
What Applicants Should Do Now Companies weighing a charter can work backward from what the two letters found, and three of the OCC’s findings are worth addressing before filing.

— AJ Dhaliwal, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of findings

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Alex Williamson is a mom in the district who thinks that the new policy is too broad and punishes the kids who ride their e-bikes safely.

— Michele Gile, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Sehnaoui's meeting with the Israeli leader occurred as some in Lebanon have called for abolishing a 1955 law that bans dealing with Israel or having contacts with Israelis and punishes offenders with up to 10 years in jail.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026

Definition of punishes

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Fans continue to ask Carney about Hadestown’s climactic moment, when Orpheus dooms Eurydice forever by turning to look at her on the road back from hell.

— Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
This dooms the kingdom to the tyrannical rule of the villainous Priscilla (Nikki Glaser), who swoops in and snatches the throne.

— Kevin Giraud, Variety, 23 June 2026

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