as in imposing
to establish or apply as a charge or penalty
the police will fine you for driving with one headlight out
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as in filtering
to remove usually visible impurities from
the use of egg shells to fine wine
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Recent Examples of fining
Caitlin Cavanagh, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
The Lynx have drawn the ire of the league over the past week after reportedly fining Reeve $15,000 for her criticism after Game 3.
—Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
In September 2024, Musk again criticized Albanese’s government, responding to a post reporting that Australia was considering fining social media platforms for failing to prevent misinformation.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
This included fining his former parent company Infinity Broadcasting, threatening to revoke its broadcasting license, and holding up its acquisition of three radio stations.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Sep. 2025
The regulatory landscape is responding accordingly, with Italy recently fining OpenAI €15 million over transparency and privacy controls.
—Vinod Bijlani, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The resulting wine is then bottled without fining or filtration.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2025
The irony of the shift from fining parents for unsanctioned births to subsidizing them to have more children is not lost on China’s millennials and Gen Zs – especially those who have witnessed the harsh penalties of the one-child policy firsthand.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
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Second, fining parents for curfew violations may put extra financial pressure on families that are already struggling.
—Caitlin Cavanagh, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
The Lynx have drawn the ire of the league over the past week after reportedly fining Reeve $15,000 for her criticism after Game 3.
—Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
In September 2024, Musk again criticized Albanese’s government, responding to a post reporting that Australia was considering fining social media platforms for failing to prevent misinformation.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
This included fining his former parent company Infinity Broadcasting, threatening to revoke its broadcasting license, and holding up its acquisition of three radio stations.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Sep. 2025
The regulatory landscape is responding accordingly, with Italy recently fining OpenAI €15 million over transparency and privacy controls.
—Vinod Bijlani, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The resulting wine is then bottled without fining or filtration.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2025
The irony of the shift from fining parents for unsanctioned births to subsidizing them to have more children is not lost on China’s millennials and Gen Zs – especially those who have witnessed the harsh penalties of the one-child policy firsthand.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Fining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fining. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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