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
Angela Haupt, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
Bush commuted Libby’s 30-month prison sentence but refused Cheney’s request to pardon him.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Already, the mother of the child who shot Zwerner has been sentenced to two years in prison for child neglect, the school board voted out the superintendent and the principal was reassigned to another school.
—Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Advertisement Someone with aphasia might have difficulty forming full sentences, instead repeating jumbled words, or will start slurring.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
Bush commuted Libby’s 30-month prison sentence but refused Cheney’s request to pardon him.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
Zhao was sentenced to four months in jail and released in September 2024.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Already, the mother of the child who shot Zwerner has been sentenced to two years in prison for child neglect, the school board voted out the superintendent and the principal was reassigned to another school.
—Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentence
Noun
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The court's ruling could influence how future AI laws evolve and how victims seek justice.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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After considerable time, referee Cal McNeill announced that the ruling on the field — even though there had not been any indication of one — was that the ball indeed hit a Nevada player and was recovered by the Broncos.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Then Vice President Cheney condemned those behind the torture scandal, while at the same time defending water-boarding as a useful means of extracting vital intelligence (many intelligence experts say water-boarding is torture, and its victims will say anything to avoid further abuse).—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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There are many who thought this day would never come, who feared that we would be condemned only to a future of less with every election consigning us simply to more of the same.—
TIME Video,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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However, following that guilty verdict, Toolan's conviction was reversed on appeal in 2011 by the Supreme Judicial Court, which cited flaws in the jury selection, and a new trial was ordered.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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In a July 2 verdict, the Bad Boy Records founder was found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The footwear giant and aircraft maker have both been unfairly punished, and their turnaround stories remain strong.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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The only drawback is its poor aerodynamics, which limit its range and accuracy beyond 100-150 yards, and the recoil is punishing.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Batherson’s mistake was the biggest among a series of them that doomed the Senators against the Canadiens in a 4-3 overtime loss.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Like Ferrante’s protagonists, the two women share a friendship that is both cemented and doomed by their unusual intelligence.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentence. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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