as in penalized
to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime
the child was punished for breaking dishes on purpose if caught, the thief will be severely punished
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Recent Examples of punished
That is just one example of many Christian and conservative athletes have been unfairly punished because of their religious and political beliefs because Major League Baseball and its teams have decided what political and religious beliefs are acceptable.
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Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
But the players were not punished.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
These were actions of mayhem and destruction and must be severely punished.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 June 2026
To underscore that these bylaws are not abstract concepts, the Big 12 points out how the conference, with Texas Tech’s support, punished Baylor University about a decade ago.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 June 2026
Platforms that fail to take reasonable steps to exclude children younger than 16 could be punished with multimillion-dollar fines.
—ABC News, 15 June 2026
He’s punished for trying to do the right thing.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Other companies’ stocks also have been punished recently for announcing heavy spending on AI, as the question remains whether such investments will produce the profits and productivity that AI proponents are promising.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
The drop in oil prices helped stocks of airlines, which have been punished by soaring fuel costs.
—Stan Choe, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
But the players were not punished.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
These were actions of mayhem and destruction and must be severely punished.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 June 2026
To underscore that these bylaws are not abstract concepts, the Big 12 points out how the conference, with Texas Tech’s support, punished Baylor University about a decade ago.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 June 2026
Platforms that fail to take reasonable steps to exclude children younger than 16 could be punished with multimillion-dollar fines.
—ABC News, 15 June 2026
He’s punished for trying to do the right thing.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Other companies’ stocks also have been punished recently for announcing heavy spending on AI, as the question remains whether such investments will produce the profits and productivity that AI proponents are promising.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
The drop in oil prices helped stocks of airlines, which have been punished by soaring fuel costs.
—Stan Choe, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for punished
Verb
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Her husband, who works in a factory painting industrial trucks, would be penalized for such a move, imperiling future raises.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
16 June 2026
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The player who was wrongly penalized would have the foul removed, and the player who attempted to deceive the officials would be punished in real time.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
Verb
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Comedian Rob Schneider offered to pay any potential fines, but none of the four players have been fined.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
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Clay is sentenced to five years in prison and fined $10,000, the maximum penalty for the offense.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Verb
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Lawhead is scheduled to be formally sentenced on July 14 in Placer County Superior Court.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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The sheriff said Lawhead was sentenced to spend 19 years in prison for brutally attacking a 71-year-old grandmother and raping her 11-year-old granddaughter in 1980 in Sacramento County.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
Verb
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If convicted as charged, Wilburn faces up to 14 years in prison, a spokesperson for the district attorney’s office told CNN.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
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Janice Nix, 67, of South London, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after she was convicted of killing her 5-year-old stepdaughter in June 1978 by forcing the girl into a scalding-hot bath as a punishment.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 June 2026
Verb
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Greenspan was also criticized for enacting policies that contributed to the subprime mortgage crisis that led to the recession at the end of the 2000s.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
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The Federal Reserve’s steadfast period of low interest rates in the 2000s was criticized as contributing to a housing bubble in the 2000s, followed by the mortgage crisis of 2007 and the Great Recession the following year.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
Verb
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Nelson said the agency doesn’t determine or release causes of death, and wouldn’t say if any jail staff were under investigation or disciplined in the wake of Guerrero Mercado’s death.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
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But the complaint suggests other students involved in the harassment may not have been formally disciplined.—
Olivia Young,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Verb
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On Thursday, Vance chastised Israeli officials who were publicly criticizing the agreement.—
Quinn Scanlan,
ABC News,
21 June 2026
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An April 1959 editorial in The Times chastised residents who implied the Friends were trying to enrich themselves.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Verb
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Thankfully, most causes of yellowing geranium leaves are easily corrected.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 June 2026
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The story has been corrected to show that the proper name of the organization is the American Academy of Pediatrics rather than the American Association of Pediatrics.—
Devi Shastri,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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“Punished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punished. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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