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Recent Examples of excommunication
To demean Kennedy’s candidacy and exclude his views with a barrage of hostile name-calling and unfounded accusations — with implications of familial excommunication — is an insult to the electorate.
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David Marks, Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2024
Conviction could lead to Viganò’s defrocking and excommunication.
—Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
Roman Catholics who join the Masonic Fraternity are subject to excommunication, and as such, denied the sacraments.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
Beyond the financial implications, the stigma of banishment from one of the world’s most respected corporations felt like an excommunication.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
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David Marks, Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2024
Conviction could lead to Viganò’s defrocking and excommunication.
—Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
Roman Catholics who join the Masonic Fraternity are subject to excommunication, and as such, denied the sacraments.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
Beyond the financial implications, the stigma of banishment from one of the world’s most respected corporations felt like an excommunication.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excommunication
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At the end of his first term, his standing among GOP lawmakers was precarious: The Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol building led to condemnations from both sides of the aisle and his historic second impeachment.Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Israel has managed to destroy most of Gaza and is in the process of pulverizing parts of Lebanon to international condemnation and outrage and political and diplomatic isolation, but without facing effective efforts to rein it in.Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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In reality, Arthur Watkins, this conservative Republican senator from Utah, chaired the censure committee and then was destroyed for it.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 13 June 2024
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In 2018, the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi consulate also stalled the promotion of Neom as Crown Prince Mohammed faced global censure and scrutiny over the incident.Angela Yang, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2024
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Senior Democratic lawmakers are trapped between their deep distrust of Donald Trump and their vigorous denunciations of any election challenges in the years since the Jan. 6 attack.Justin Green, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
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In the course of it, nearly everyone seemed to agree that there was a problem with Lewis, and he was subjected to a series of heated denunciations.Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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At the heart of his own clairvoyance and mediumship was an understanding that God was benevolent — too good to ever create something so awful as hell or eternal damnation.Elizabeth Garner Masarik / Made by History, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
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Popular on Variety Based on historical records, the film is inspired by the true stories of women who attempted to end their lives by committing murders in order to escape the damnation promised to men and women who committed suicide.Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Excommunication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excommunication. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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