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Recent Examples of reprehension Putin is a formidable opponent who is worthy of reprehension. Arkansas Online, 17 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprehension
Noun
  • The ruling prompted swift condemnation from Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who released a video promising stricter deportation laws.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • By that time the show had provoked a wave of excited condemnation from commentators online who seemed most consistently offended by the bodysuit printed with the (hairy) image of a (totally) naked male body worn by a female model.
    Luke Leitch, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to initiating the censure process, the City Council called for a special meeting, with Barbadillo, Lam and Chua in favor.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In doing so, the palace must weigh distancing itself from Andrew with ensuring the blowback from any further censure does not do even more damage to an institution that requires public buy-in.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 21-year-old wildlife conservationist and son of famed zookeeper and television personality Steve Irwin further elaborated just why Russell's constructive criticism means so much.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Chmerkovskiy then also remarked on the public's criticisms about his DWTS tenure.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Senator Ted Cruz on Thursday delivered a sharp denunciation of former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, condemning his recent interview with far-right commentator Nick Fuentes and warning that such rhetoric is fueling anti-Israel sentiment among young conservatives.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Far from being simply a denunciation of marginalization, the song becomes a sincere embrace of vulnerable childhoods, highlighting the pain of those who grow up in poverty, neglect, and, often, are forced into crime as a means of survival.
    Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • President Alejandro Giammattei was deeply unpopular at home, but other than occasional statements of reprobation from the United States and Europe, had managed to consolidate his control of the justice system with little consequence.
    Sonia Pérez D. and Christopher Sherman, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 July 2023
  • Fast forward a few years, and reprobation of Walmart’s sharp tactics has faded.
    Marc Levinson, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2021
Noun
  • Doctorow reserves perhaps his fiercest opprobrium for a very specific target: section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, signed into law by Bill Clinton in 1998.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The opprobrium would be too loud.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The reproach was like a punch in the gut, Spring said.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Vaccaro says the revelations about Lorch came as a shock to much of the basketball world, because from the outside, Lorch seemed beyond reproach.
    Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Reprehension.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprehension. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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