Examples of penalize in a Sentence
The company was penalized for not paying taxes.
The hockey player was penalized for holding.
This law would unfairly penalize immigrants.
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The first is to penalize EU states that systematically go against the grain of the policies, values and interests of the Union.
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Increasingly, large employers are starting to include language in contracts with claim administrators that would penalize insurance providers for approving too many or too few claims, said Shawn Gremminger, president of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions.
—Christine Mai-Duc, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Inyang pointed out the larger systemic issue at play: workplaces that penalize caregivers for needing support.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
These checks must be done in the factory farm industry as well since investigations reveal animal abuse can exist in them and only the most disturbing cases are reported, and few are penalized.
—Anna-Jae Clarke, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Increasingly, large employers are starting to include language in contracts with claim administrators that would penalize insurance providers for approving too many or too few claims, said Shawn Gremminger, president of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions.
—Christine Mai-Duc, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Inyang pointed out the larger systemic issue at play: workplaces that penalize caregivers for needing support.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
These checks must be done in the factory farm industry as well since investigations reveal animal abuse can exist in them and only the most disturbing cases are reported, and few are penalized.
—Anna-Jae Clarke, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Penalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penalize. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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penalize
verb
pe·nal·ize
ˈpēn-ᵊl-ˌīz 
ˈpen-
ˈpen-
penalized; penalizing
1
: to give a penalty to
2
: to place at a disadvantage
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