punishes

present tense third-person singular of punish

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of punishes This regressive move punishes our own workers and residents to try to plug budget holes. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025 Continue reading … WOKE OVERREACH – Parents outraged as school punishes boys over trans locker room confrontation. FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025 Growth exposes every weakness, magnifies every misalignment, and punishes a lack of discipline. Andrea Hill, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for punishes
Verb
  • If your boss criticizes your work, do not argue or retreat.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • What the president is trying to do here is very systemic and systematic, and that is, anyone who stands up to the president, anyone who criticizes the president, anyone who says anything adverse to the president's interests gets the full weight of the federal government brought down on them.
    NBC news, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • As Dexter questions why Batista’s death hurts so much, Brian chastises his brother for listening to Harry too much.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Red Jacob chastises Colum for not healing quickly enough.
    Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Hers is prose in which sentences judder and disintegrate and run over each other.
    Book Marks August 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Continue reading … TRUTH COMES OUT – MSNBC corrects contractor's false claim that Israeli forces killed Gaza boy during aid distribution.
    , FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • When faced with a significant initial error of 50%, the new method corrects itself within just 5 seconds, while conventional approaches require over 100 seconds—a 20-fold improvement in recovery speed, according to researchers.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2025

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“Punishes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punishes. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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