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Examples of reprimand in a Sentence
Joella Carman, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2023
Four of the five were given reprimands, and Senator Alan Cranston, Democrat of California, received a severe rebuke for his behavior and later announced his retirement.
—Neil A. Lewis, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
Sankey issued a public reprimand of both coaches and silenced them.
—J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
Kishan has spent two years dressing, feeding, and giving Babuji sponge baths, while being on the receiving end of countless reprimands.
—Pratham Khurana, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
In such cases, the board has discretion to take certain actions - ranging from verbal or written reprimand, suspension to termination, depending on the circumstances.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
Under state guidelines, his discipline could range from a light reprimand to his outright dismissal from the bench.
—Bill Donahue, Billboard, 21 Aug. 2023
Miles did her best, but fumbled while preparing scallops for the appetizers and earned a few reprimands from Ramsay.
—Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2023
The verbal reprimand turned physical when Sledge struck the player in the stomach.
—Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
The Florida Department of Elder Affairs office, after being contacted by The Post, reprimanded Carlson for her failure to file timely reports.
—Mary Jordan, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
The cross-examination was rough going for the jury, the observers, and the judge, who reprimanded defense counsel Christian Everdell for repeating the same questions the government had just asked.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2023
In the statement, Woolf claimed retaliation began in March or April 2016, when a lieutenant reprimanded him for defying an order against piloting his own aircraft while traveling on police business.
—Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
When Garcia complained about it, the secretary of state reprimanded the actual notary.
—Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
Gilbert and others in her office were formally reprimanded in 2009 after her team of prosecutors secretly recorded witnesses in a narcotics case being interviewed by defense attorneys.
—Perry Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2023
The Board of Port Commissioners, citing the HR Law Consultants investigation and the Best Best & Krieger findings, formally reprimanded Naranjo for misconduct on Tuesday.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2023
Kaplan reprimanded him and ordered him to stop logging into a VPN.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 28 Sep. 2023
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Word History
Noun
French réprimande, from Latin reprimenda, feminine of reprimendus, gerundive of reprimere to check — more at repress
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“Reprimand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reprimand. Accessed 10 Dec. 2023.
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reprimand
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