reproof

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Recent Examples of reproof In the appeal to you, gentle readers, to email us with your thoughts, questions, reproofs, corrections, jokes, recipes, etc. Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 9 May 2025 Advertisement China’s Foreign Ministry also issued a vehement reproof. Elaine Kurtenbach, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024 So your best response is either to ignore the remark, which is a reproof in itself, or to make a joke of it. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 9 July 2024 Florida and Texas have already allowed concerts to resume, though not without some issues: Steve Aoki and Diplo each got warnings from local police and reproof from the mayor of Tampa, Fla., for performing in front of maskless crowds during Super Bowl weekend in February. Dave Brooks, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2021 Such a man is a proper subject, not for reproof, but for medical treatment. Fitz Hugh Ludlow, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022 Preceded by a setting of the Kaddish and opening with an evergreen reproof of antisemitism, the symphony is the kind of music that welcomes reflection. New York Times, 1 Aug. 2022 When a boy in the front row decides to visit the girl sitting behind him, Hood gives him a gentle reproof. Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2021 In response to the reproof, Clicks has issued an apology, and an explanation that at least two other companies were involved in approving the advert. Norma Young, Quartz Africa, 9 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reproof
Noun
  • 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
  • But his condemnation of intervention in Iran was at odds with the Trump administration whose role in the conflict has splintered the MAGA coalition, a wing of which opposes American involvement in foreign wars.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Amster has to return $10,000 to Diaz’s mother, attend ethics school and will receive a public reprimand.
    David J. Neal July 3, Miami Herald, 3 July 2025
  • Nelson received a reprimand from the city’s ethics board in April for impeding the investigation, and the City Council passed resolutions last summer limiting his ceremonial powers.
    Aaron Sullivan, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Libby's censure was initially passed on Feb. 25 by a vote of 75-70.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
  • Iran said other measures were also being planned in response to the U.N. agency's censure.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2025

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“Reproof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reproof. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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