as in sanctioned
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as in ignored
to dismiss as of little importance
he is too quick to condone his friend's faults
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for condoned
Verb
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Instead of complying, the victim ignored the gun, refused to unlock the door and drove away, the sheriff’s office said.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2025 -
Accusations of such crimes are often ignored, punished lightly or dismissed.—
Hurst Hannum,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Officer Pino cleared in shooting The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, in reviews that are standard following any fatal police shooting, found the shooting justified.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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This belief justified, in their eyes, the use of indiscriminate violence against the Muslim minority—presaging, in Wagner’s view, the abuses of the post-9/11 era.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In a press release that was translated from Hebrew to English, the university explained that the artifacts date back to the Hellenistic period.—
Andrea Margolis,
Fox News,
6 Jan. 2025
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Recently, Holland explained why the couple rarely walk red carpets together.—
People.com,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Billions of dollars can be stolen and immeasurable damage done simply because a system or operator can’t guarantee that the digital identity used to access that system is the authorized user.—
Skip Sanzeri,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Her authorized biography stated she was born in 1941 on Cree land in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and removed from her birth family and adopted by a white American family, the Sainte-Maries, as part of a notorious government policy known as the Sixties Scoop.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Board believes that this governance structure, combined with the risk assessment obligations placed on its subsidiaries related to the use of Artificial Intelligence, provide an appropriate level of oversight at this time and an independent Artificial Intelligence committee is not needed.—
Bob Zukis,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Routine blood work minimizes the chance of nutrient deficiencies and allows for appropriate adjustments to your supplement routine.4 Limit Alcohol The body absorbs alcohol more quickly after bariatric surgery.—
Amy Brownstein, MS, RDN,
Verywell Health,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But imagine a system where spending cuts and restraint were the accepted default, not the contentious choice—where automatic reductions replaced relentless expansion, eliminating the need for last-minute battles.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Photographed by Ace Amir When Melancon started masking some 30 years ago, the accepted story of the Mardi Gras Indians started with the slave revolt.—
Harriet Shepherd,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Condoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condoned. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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