as in permissions
the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something
you cannot make a student video without your faculty advisor's sanction of its subject matter prior to shooting
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as in approves
to give official acceptance of as satisfactory
the administration will sanction almost any field trip with educational value
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Recent Examples of sanctions
Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Trump on Sunday signaled that his administration is ready to move to the second phase of sanctions against Russia.
—Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
It was framed not as a sanctions measure, but as a trade dispute.
—Brett Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Yet history also shows when sanctions ease, Russia opportunistically re-engages with the West and Europe.
—Earl Carr, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
Despite several Western nations recently ramping up pressure on Israel, the US has remained steadfast in its support of the country, with Washington yesterday unveiling sanctions on Palestinian rights groups that called for war crimes investigations against Israel.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Trump on Sunday signaled that his administration is ready to move to the second phase of sanctions against Russia.
—Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
It was framed not as a sanctions measure, but as a trade dispute.
—Brett Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Yet history also shows when sanctions ease, Russia opportunistically re-engages with the West and Europe.
—Earl Carr, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanctions
Noun
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The former can have comment, edit (which doesn’t include deleting), full edit (with deletion), and view-only permissions.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
2 Sep. 2025
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Smart contracts can define permissions at a fine level, down to individual API endpoints, transaction types, and/or user behaviors.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Covering 500,000 works that Anthropic pirated for AI training, if a court approves the settlement, each author will receive $3,000 per work that Anthropic stole.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
5 Sep. 2025
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And the Railroad Commission sometimes approves flaring smaller volumes than requested, which is not captured in the data.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In 34 states, CVS will continue to offer COVID vaccines for those who fall under the new FDA authorizations.—
Will McDuffie,
ABC News,
4 Sep. 2025
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On April 27 Kennedy announced that emergency-use authorizations for COVID-19 vaccines had been terminated.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Terms of the agreement won’t be made public until after the union ratifies the contract and the board reviews it, the statement said.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Technologies that enable mass surveillance, profiling, or discriminatory outcomes will fail the test, regardless of whether an individual consents.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Landman’s co-creator Christian Wallace had teased that the ending set up Moore for a larger role in season two, and now the teaser trailer released on Thursday confirms that.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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The display testing confirms my eye test as far as brightness, and its color coverage is solid.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PC Magazine,
3 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Sanctions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanctions. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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