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Recent Examples of excommunication
To further preserve the complete privacy of the conclave, the support staff — including chefs, cleaners and custodians — all took an oath of secrecy, of which the punishment for breaking it is excommunication, CBS News reported.
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Rachel Raposas, People.com, 6 May 2025
The penalty for violating this pledge is the church’s most severe punishment: excommunication, or being permanently separated from the life of the church.
— Made By History, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
Faced with excommunication by the Catholic Church, Zaragoza rode his Vespa nine hours to Madrid for an audience with Spanish general Francisco Franco.
—Joshua Korber Hoffman, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
The threat of excommunication did nothing to change their minds.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2013
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Rachel Raposas, People.com, 6 May 2025
The penalty for violating this pledge is the church’s most severe punishment: excommunication, or being permanently separated from the life of the church.
— Made By History, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
Faced with excommunication by the Catholic Church, Zaragoza rode his Vespa nine hours to Madrid for an audience with Spanish general Francisco Franco.
—Joshua Korber Hoffman, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
The threat of excommunication did nothing to change their minds.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excommunication
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested two women on Tuesday outside a West L.A. courthouse after a hearing in a local criminal case, marking the first instance in recent weeks of the Trump administration using a tactic that has drawn condemnation from the legal community.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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Winning would cap a startling resurrection for Cuomo, a three-term governor who resigned in 2021 amid condemnation for scandals.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
25 June 2025
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The opposition Labour Party, as well as the Green Party, criticized the suspensions as disproportionate, with the Labour Party proposing censure instead.—
Julia Zhong,
NBC news,
5 June 2025
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The censure so far has cost her a chance to vote on the state's biannual budget and propose a bill to expand access to mental health resources for residents.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Still, for all the outspoken denunciation, individual use of AI has rapidly become routine.—
Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
17 June 2025
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Among the quicker and more vigorous denunciations was Saudi Arabia’s.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2025
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However benign or malicious — whatever its life or death, possible eternal salvation or never-ending damnation — this spirit seizes your attention from the get-go because everything in this twisty, technically virtuosic, surprisingly moving chiller is shot from its point of view.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Earth’s ‘Gateway to Hell’ is growing There are many natural landmarks on our planet named after a biblical destination of eternal damnation.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
25 Dec. 2024
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“Excommunication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excommunication. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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