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
Gabrielle Calise, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
For example, people are now using conversational AI and analytics tools to ask full-sentence questions instead of just keywords.
—Yasir Zahoor Rather, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
Lanez was convicted in 2022 of felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm and sentenced in August 2023 to 10 years in prison.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Eight days after he was told his contract would not be renewed, Huse resigned from USF with a one-sentence email.
—Gabrielle Calise, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
For example, people are now using conversational AI and analytics tools to ask full-sentence questions instead of just keywords.
—Yasir Zahoor Rather, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
Thomas Whitney, the judge presiding over the case under state law, was at a minimum required to sentence him to at least 10 years in prison.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
Lanez was convicted in 2022 of felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm and sentenced in August 2023 to 10 years in prison.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentence
Noun
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Google to challenge order Google criticized the ruling and plans to appeal.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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Reporting on the ruling noted the panel did not identify who applied the fatal pressure or establish a definitive motive.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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International organizations swiftly condemned the lethal crackdown by police and called for an independent investigation.—
Sugam Pokharel,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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The United Kingdom and France condemned Israel's strikes in Doha in separate statements.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In a statement to USA TODAY, one of Combs’ attorneys, Erica Wolff, said the jury’s not-guilty verdicts undermine the validity of the civil claims.—
Gina Barton,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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Bravery means reframing rejection as data, not a verdict.—
Jill Schulman,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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All three have been either punished for domestic PSR breaches or remain subject to charges.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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To me, more pragmatism means moving away from the corrupt, capricious policies of the current administration, such as crony capitalism that imposes bogus tariffs on free trade, punishing leaders and countries the president dislikes while favoring those who flatter him.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The mission was doomed, and the satellite crashed back to Earth.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
6 Sep. 2025
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As a direct result of that hospitality, the women’s respective causes soon become more aligned than either Joan or Alina would have wanted, and any harm visited upon one of them eventually threatens to doom the other as well.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentence. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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