correctional

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for correctional
Adjective
  • As tensions escalated with Pakistan after India accused it of having a supporting hand in a terror attack that killed over two dozen Indians last month, the Indian authorities announced punitive measures, including expelling Pakistani citizens.
    Suhasini Raj, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • Their exceedingly ambitious goal: to find compromise and a middle ground on one of the most contentious and insoluble issues of recent decades — and to bring some balance to a Trump policy that is almost wholly punitive in its nature and intent.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • In the report on El Salvador, whose penal system has become a dumping ground for migrants deported from the United States, there will be no details on the conditions in those prisons.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 May 2025
  • Convicted in London for conducting clandestine marriages, Grierson was sentenced to 14 years of penal servitude in the American Colonies.
    Alexandra Cox, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But Department of Social Services regulators have substantiated a host of other violations in recent years and ordered the facility to implement corrective actions, records show.
    Jeff Mcdonald, Mercury News, 12 May 2025
  • But instead of being defensive, Pickens resorted to being corrective.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2025
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“Correctional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correctional. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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