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as in denounced
to declare to be morally wrong or evil
it is a sign of human progress that slavery, which was once legal in many places, is now universally condemned
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as in criticized
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of
a report that condemns the working conditions in the factories of many developing countries
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as in censured
to express public or formal disapproval of
the philosopher's works were once condemned by the church and placed on its list of forbidden books
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as in convicted
to find or pronounce guilty
the accused was condemned by the news media even before the trial began
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as in sentenced
to impose a judicial punishment on
a stern judge who does not hesitate to condemn a felon to life behind bars
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Recent Examples of condemned
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The author — who first came under fire in 2020 for making remarks widely condemned as transphobic — has denied being transphobic, defending her views as pro-feminist.
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Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
In response to his comments, CNN published an online commentary criticizing Dershowitz's argument, and others appearing on the network also condemned his statements.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Both Rama and Berisha forcefully condemned the act, as did five of the protest’s key leaders and Galit Peleg, Israel’s top diplomat in Tirana.
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Larry Luxner,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
That investigation, which Powell and other former Fed chairs condemned, was tied to the budget for a multibillion-dollar renovation project at the central bank's Washington headquarters.
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Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
Meanwhile, Japan has accelerated its military expansion, especially by adding offensive capabilities, which Beijing has condemned.
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ABC News,
29 June 2026
There are moments when a phrase, or a current of thought, that had seemed condemned to archival history is suddenly all anyone talks about.
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Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
Hezbollah has condemned Israel’s presence inside Lebanon, and the Lebanese government has called for Israel to withdraw.
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Melanie Lidman,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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Researchers sometimes refer to these influences as permission structures, or social cues that signal whether certain behaviors are likely to be rewarded, ignored or condemned.
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Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The author — who first came under fire in 2020 for making remarks widely condemned as transphobic — has denied being transphobic, defending her views as pro-feminist.
—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
In response to his comments, CNN published an online commentary criticizing Dershowitz's argument, and others appearing on the network also condemned his statements.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Both Rama and Berisha forcefully condemned the act, as did five of the protest’s key leaders and Galit Peleg, Israel’s top diplomat in Tirana.
—
Larry Luxner,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
That investigation, which Powell and other former Fed chairs condemned, was tied to the budget for a multibillion-dollar renovation project at the central bank's Washington headquarters.
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Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
Meanwhile, Japan has accelerated its military expansion, especially by adding offensive capabilities, which Beijing has condemned.
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ABC News,
29 June 2026
There are moments when a phrase, or a current of thought, that had seemed condemned to archival history is suddenly all anyone talks about.
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Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
Hezbollah has condemned Israel’s presence inside Lebanon, and the Lebanese government has called for Israel to withdraw.
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Melanie Lidman,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for condemned
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There is, however, room for questions about where the line between prohibited and acceptable political involvement will fall in practice.
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The list of prohibited and restricted items, as found on the CBP website, includes alcohol, biological materials, firearms, food and produce such as fruits and vegetables, soil, wildlife, fish, and gold, among other items.
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Hezbollah, not included in the talks, has denounced them.
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These tensions flared to their worst level since the invasion this week, when Nawrocki denounced and stripped Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded to him in 2023, over the honoring of the UPA.
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The program posed a massive political problem for Mamdani, who’s been criticized by both his allies and opponents for his stance.
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While state studies have criticized the state’s education governance model, voters have rejected at least four attempts dating back to 1928 to reform the position.
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The two were censured and expelled from the International City/County Managers Association for ethics code violations.
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He has been accused of vote trading and threatening recalls against his colleagues and was censured twice by the council.
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Guo was convicted of nine of 12 criminal charges during a seven-week trial that prosecutors said showcased his deception of thousands of investors in bogus deals that enabled Guo’s lavish lifestyle.
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Silva was not eligible for the loans because he had previously been convicted of a felony, prosecutors said in the criminal complaint.
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She was ultimately sentenced to life in prison with an eligibility for parole after 15 years served.
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Benjamin Song, who shot an Alvarado Police Department officer in the neck during the July 4 incident at Prairieland Detention Center outside the Dallas-Fort Worth area, was sentenced to a century behind bars, according to court documents reviewed by USA TODAY.
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More recently, mathematicians have been able to adapt Erdős’ method to get better estimates of Ramsey numbers where the forbidden cliques differ vastly in size.
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And thank God for that, because forbidden love is my favorite type of drama to watch on Love Island.
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In Guadalajara, South Korea’s opening day win against Czech Republic was headlined by empty seats, which FIFA blamed on several fans watching the game from the stadium concourses.
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Officials directly blamed the unrest on severe staffing shortages.
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