as in penalty
suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense
he is serving five years in prison as punishment for aggravated assault
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Recent Examples of punishment
On the one hand, the gift of consciousness brought the glory of independence; on the other, the punishment of separateness.
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Vivian Gornick, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
But the punishment, which crippled the Trojans for years, was exponentially more severe.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
According to White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, those who don't do so will face punishment in the form of fines and jail time.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 14 Aug. 2025
Ken Collier of the Sacramento Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Division told reporters that the department had used a grant from the Office of Traffic Safety in an effort to step up punishment for unsafe driving.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Vivian Gornick, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
But the punishment, which crippled the Trojans for years, was exponentially more severe.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
According to White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, those who don't do so will face punishment in the form of fines and jail time.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 14 Aug. 2025
Ken Collier of the Sacramento Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Division told reporters that the department had used a grant from the Office of Traffic Safety in an effort to step up punishment for unsafe driving.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for punishment
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Also, unlike last season, when the Madrid offensive players took turns, the 26-year-old is now formally in charge of taking penalties and direct free kicks.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
25 Aug. 2025
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That being said, Christophe Pelissier's men have held their own in this matchup in recent seasons, going undefeated in the last five meetings between these teams (excluding penalty shootouts).—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
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The episode also teases Cartman’s wrath at Bebe, another student at South Park Elementary.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
29 July 2025
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Countries that didn’t knuckle under — and those that found other ways to incur Trump’s wrath — got hit harder.—
Paul Wiseman,
Fortune,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Punishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punishment. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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