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Recent Examples of sanctioning
Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
The sanctioning of high school sports is critical to allow student-athletes to safely participate in sports without the risk of exploitation.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
There is increasing international condemnation and sanctioning of some of the government’s more prominent members who are accused of using genocidal language against the Palestinians in Gaza and elsewhere.
—Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 23 Aug. 2025
Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 14 Feb. 2026
Heraskevych evidently can train in the helmet without risk of IOC sanctioning.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
There was speculation linking Curtis Jones with a possible loan move to Inter prior to the transfer deadline, but Slot insists there was never any chance of the club sanctioning the midfielder’s departure.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
The four remaining members of the women’s board voted to remove sanctioning, but Becker overruled them.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 31 Jan. 2026
This involves running a candidate event, which is essentially a mock WRC weekend that will evaluate the location’s ability to host a major event in terms of logistics, safety, crowd management, and race sanctioning.
—Jerry Perez, The Drive, 28 Jan. 2026
Those choices included censuring and sanctioning me, a military veteran commissioned through CU Boulder, the only Black Regent, and the first Black woman to serve on the board in 43 years.
—Wanda James, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026
The bill was viewed as sanctioning discrimination against the LGBTQ community and later amended.
—Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 12 Nov. 2025
Yet, the jury criminalized one set of transactions while sanctioning the other, without any meaningful legal standard to distinguish between them.
—Jim Saunders, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
Earlier this month, Crawford was stripped of the World Boxing Council super middleweight title for allegedly failing to pay sanctioning fees for his last two fighst.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
The sanctioning of high school sports is critical to allow student-athletes to safely participate in sports without the risk of exploitation.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
There is increasing international condemnation and sanctioning of some of the government’s more prominent members who are accused of using genocidal language against the Palestinians in Gaza and elsewhere.
—Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
Moving the start time up is not unprecedented; the sanctioning body did the same thing a year ago, for instance.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 14 Feb. 2026
Heraskevych evidently can train in the helmet without risk of IOC sanctioning.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
There was speculation linking Curtis Jones with a possible loan move to Inter prior to the transfer deadline, but Slot insists there was never any chance of the club sanctioning the midfielder’s departure.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
The four remaining members of the women’s board voted to remove sanctioning, but Becker overruled them.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 31 Jan. 2026
This involves running a candidate event, which is essentially a mock WRC weekend that will evaluate the location’s ability to host a major event in terms of logistics, safety, crowd management, and race sanctioning.
—Jerry Perez, The Drive, 28 Jan. 2026
Those choices included censuring and sanctioning me, a military veteran commissioned through CU Boulder, the only Black Regent, and the first Black woman to serve on the board in 43 years.
—Wanda James, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026
The bill was viewed as sanctioning discrimination against the LGBTQ community and later amended.
—Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 12 Nov. 2025
Yet, the jury criminalized one set of transactions while sanctioning the other, without any meaningful legal standard to distinguish between them.
—Jim Saunders, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanctioning
Noun
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The gambit was meant to speed the agency’s approval should the Netflix deal crumble.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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The action forwards the item to the full City Council for approval.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In January, Panama’s Supreme Court struck down the law approving the concession contract for Panama Ports Company, or PPC, a subsidiary of CK Hutchison.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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While state law seemingly handcuffs local officials into approving solar projects, Richmond said residents and board members need to work together to fight solar power plants.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Whether Egg had Maekar’s permission to join Dunk’s travels as his squire is left more open ended in the novella itself.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Yet even building a temporary fence would require the permission of the village, as well as other bodies.—
Shun Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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European lawmakers on Monday delayed a vote on ratifying the pact to seek clarification.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
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America’s ratification that year broke a logjam of inaction by nations that had signed the agreement but were wary about actually ratifying it as a legal document.—
Gary W. Yohe,
The Conversation,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Crockett has won endorsements from many prominent Democrats.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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That endorsement comes from someone who has watched every moment of every season’s deception and strategy unfold.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The start of the final round of women's curling round-robin matches will be delayed by 25 minutes, with World Curling confirming the snow in Cortina is causing delays for the teams to reach the venue.—
Sean Nevin,
NBC news,
19 Feb. 2026
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Just days after our story ran, an internal memo was leaked from Audi confirming that the next-gen TT—the all-electric corporate cousin being developed on the same platform as the Porsches—is still on.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In the 14th minute, Maya Oden connected on the second Islanders goal of the night, capitalizing on a poor clearance and lacing a shot into the top left corner of the net from 24 yards out.—
Clark Fahrenthold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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The reports, by the city and the global infrastructure firm AECOM, also recommended that the city complete significant brush clearance work, bolster its water system and move electrical wires underground.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Team player representatives, the overall group supervising negotiations, voted 26-4 in favor, leaving the overall ballot at 26-12 for ratification.—
Ronald Blum,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Team player representatives, the overall group supervising negotiations, voted 26-4 in favor, leaving the overall ballot at 26-12 for ratification.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Sanctioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanctioning. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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