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verb

past tense of condemn
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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
Verb
The jury, which is tasked with deciding whether Sierra should be condemned to Florida’s Death Row or sentenced to life in prison, is still being selected as of Tuesday. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026 Lucas condemned the highest Arapaho ceremony The sundance marks a time of connection, offering and collective renewal. Savannah Peters, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Civil rights groups, including the Anti-Defamation League, condemned the outfit as resembling historical anti-Jewish caricatures. Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Environmental groups and climate experts quickly condemned the EPA’s decision, warning of potential adverse effects on human health. Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 But human rights groups and multiple foreign nations - including the United States - have condemned their conviction. Chris Lau, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026 Some mourners who spoke at the 25th anniversary event in New York condemned Saudi Arabia for allegedly supporting the hijackers. Jeremy Redmon, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 City Council members and community leaders alike condemned the more than 1,400 smoke shops, or 15 shops every square mile, in Baltimore. Chevall Pryce, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2026 Dolly Parton’s sister has condemned the AI deepfakes circulating in the wake of the beloved American icon’s death. Samantha Cookinham, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for condemned
Adjective
  • Their forbidden love leads the Jade Emperor to decree their separation on opposite sides of the Milky Way.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • To control the dangerous unfettered use of magic, an oversight council established ground rules on what is considered forbidden magic and the knowledge of its existence.
    Kalai Chik, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Republican politicians across the country have denounced the electoral successes of Muslim politicians, including Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
    Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Blowhard Abel, who is running for local office and wants Camilo as his right-hand man, turns out to be a Faustian figure whose influence must be denounced.
    Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Vance also criticized border policy under former President Joe Biden while praising deportations.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The report was heavily criticized for failing to assign blame or identify specific evacuation failures, but officials have said that wasn’t the goal of the McChrystal Group review.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Carney was censured by the Mooresville Board of Commissioners after revelations that a town hall video reportedly shows him without pants on and a woman present on a late night in October 2024.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The case makes Edwards the 29th member ever censured and underscores mounting scrutiny of lawmakers’ behavior toward female staffers as Congress reviews how to make Capitol Hill workplaces safer.
    Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Beyond the nine murders for which the group was officially convicted, investigators and prosecutors have long believed the true victim count was much higher.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Lich, who was tried and convicted in connection with the protests and is still under house arrest, has shifted her energies to Alberta separatism.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Two South Florida men were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a nearly $35 million health care scam after billing Medicare for thousands of orthotic braces sent to beneficiaries who did not need them.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
  • She is set to be sentenced later this month and faces up to 40 years in prison.
    Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • It’s been nearly a decade since California voters legalized recreational cannabis, but production and sales remain outlawed in most of the state — and the black market dominates.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • King Henry’s laws adamantly forbade chattel slavery, outlawed colonialism, and created an economically robust, financially solvent Black state, one not dependent on the transatlantic slave trade.
    Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Trump has opposed mail voting and blamed fraud associated with mail voting for his 2020 election loss.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • And despite this finding, which has coexisted for decades, Congress rarely acts, something usually blamed on lobbying outspending a diffuse majority.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Condemned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condemned. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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