as in rulings
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 condemns
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 sentences
Evandro Cruz Silva, The Dial, 10 Feb. 2026
Under the bill, seven current crimes related to child solicitation would carry minimum mandatory sentences of four years.
—Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Five others have sentences that predate his time there, including Robin Row, 68, the only woman in Idaho under a death sentence.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026
However, a teenager might simply identify sentences and structure, but after several years of living, loving and obsessing over someone with tousled hair, that now-adult might find their experiences affirmed, perhaps even blatantly, through a 178-year-old novel.
—Hannah Benson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
The actors spoke in English, Hindi, and Punjabi, often mixing the languages in the same sentences.
—Rebecca Traister, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
In The Changeling, as in much of Williams’s fiction, birth and death twine helically through the DNA of her sentences.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Unlike fraud or tax sentences, those two years are mandatory.
—Steve Patterson, Florida Times-Union, 10 Feb. 2026
Hill is currently incarcerated in the Missouri Department of Corrections, serving sentences for unlawful use of a weapon and tampering with a witness, according to the probable cause statement.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
Joe Otterson, Variety, 16 Jan. 2026
Williams was able to petition for resentencing due to a law enacted in 2011 that allowed judges to give juvenile offenders with life without parole sentences a chance to be resentenced.
—CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Hers is prose in which sentences judder and disintegrate and run over each other.
—Book Marks
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
The legislation defines crimes such as bank robberies and the use of violence to dominate territories or economic activities, with sentences reaching up to 66 years.
—Evandro Cruz Silva, The Dial, 10 Feb. 2026
Under the bill, seven current crimes related to child solicitation would carry minimum mandatory sentences of four years.
—Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Five others have sentences that predate his time there, including Robin Row, 68, the only woman in Idaho under a death sentence.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026
However, a teenager might simply identify sentences and structure, but after several years of living, loving and obsessing over someone with tousled hair, that now-adult might find their experiences affirmed, perhaps even blatantly, through a 178-year-old novel.
—Hannah Benson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
The actors spoke in English, Hindi, and Punjabi, often mixing the languages in the same sentences.
—Rebecca Traister, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
In The Changeling, as in much of Williams’s fiction, birth and death twine helically through the DNA of her sentences.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Unlike fraud or tax sentences, those two years are mandatory.
—Steve Patterson, Florida Times-Union, 10 Feb. 2026
Hill is currently incarcerated in the Missouri Department of Corrections, serving sentences for unlawful use of a weapon and tampering with a witness, according to the probable cause statement.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
Given that, Ake sentences her to a rehabilitation camp and separates her from her young son, Caleb.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 16 Jan. 2026
Williams was able to petition for resentencing due to a law enacted in 2011 that allowed judges to give juvenile offenders with life without parole sentences a chance to be resentenced.
—CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Hers is prose in which sentences judder and disintegrate and run over each other.
—Book Marks
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentences
Noun
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These local rulings tend to offer narrower precedent for future disputes as well.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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The court has issued a number of rulings that have effectively closed off avenues for challenges.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Japanese Buddhists expanded on this idea to claim that the pollution of menstrual blood alone led to rebirth in the Blood Pond Hell, which condemns all menstruating women to this kind of suffering.—
Megan Bryson,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2026
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The activists’ statement condemns the Iranian government’s deadly campaign against civilian protestors.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Wachtell Lipton, the white-shoe Manhattan law firm conducting the investigation, has no deadline from the league to produce its findings.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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Judges across the country who were appointed to the bench by presidents of both political parties have made findings on record about DHS not being forthcoming, truthful or credible, according to Honig.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Let’s make an energy policy that serves the people of Maryland, not punishes them.—
Justin Ready,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Feb. 2026
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The league now punishes teams for improperly holding players out with big fines.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The litigation has already cost the city nearly $100 million in jury verdicts and settlements, with the remaining cases — some of them more than eight years old — representing hundreds of millions of dollars more in potential liability.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2026
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The jury, which consisted of four men and two women, deliberated for one day before returning the verdicts, the DCJ said.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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This leads to the fracture in Catherine and Heathcliff's relationship that dooms them all to ruin.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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Without that sense of desperate loneliness, what dooms Frankenstein and the Creature to their deaths?—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Nov. 2025
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“Sentences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentences. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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