as in ruling
a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard
he received a light sentence because it was his first offense and he was an otherwise upstanding citizen
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as in to condemn
to impose a judicial punishment on
the judge sentenced him to a fine of $50 and time served
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Recent Examples of sentence
Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Two weeks earlier, on September 29, 2024, Alaa had completed his latest unjust prison sentence in Egypt.
—Margaret Busby
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Tina Li, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2025
McLeary paused at an entry describing the skull of a man sentenced to death for murder.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
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Noun
That last sentence being the potential magic bullet, literally and figuratively, for Newsom in taking charge again of the state’s troops.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Two weeks earlier, on September 29, 2024, Alaa had completed his latest unjust prison sentence in Egypt.
—Margaret Busby
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Verb
Calderon was sentenced to eight years in prison, but was ultimately released after 22 months to join a community reentry program.
—Tina Li, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2025
McLeary paused at an entry describing the skull of a man sentenced to death for murder.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
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Under Iran's constitution, the Supreme Leader must be a male Shiite cleric known for piety, political wisdom, and jurisprudential authority—typically a Mujtahid, recognized by peers as qualified to issue religious rulings.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Among the biggest developments was a ruling against language to prevent immigrants who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents from receiving food assistance in accordance with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), often referred to as food stamps.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
Verb
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Administration officials have sharply condemned the leak, and signaled that access to classified systems would be restricted.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
26 June 2025
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China and North Korea strongly condemned the U.S. attack on Iran.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
25 June 2025
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After Heard filed an appeal of the verdict, the two announced separately that the case had been settled with the money paid by Heard going to charity.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
22 June 2025
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The verdict will go a long way toward shaping the dynamic in 2028.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2025
Verb
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Road America punishes hesitation and rewards nerve, making every session breathtaking.—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Several changes were made to the course in 2024 to reward good shots and punish bad ones without adding any yardage.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
18 June 2025
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But in 1931, the German mathematician Kurt Gödel demonstrated that any interesting system of mathematical axioms is doomed to incompleteness.—
Gregory Barber,
Quanta Magazine,
20 June 2025
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The Hornets nearly lost the program in the early 1990s amid sweeping budget cuts that doomed a number of statewide college football programs in California, but a student referendum saved the sport.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2025
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“Sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentence. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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