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
Kerry Breen
may 30, CBS News, 30 May 2025
Salvador received a 17 year sentence, with time reduced for cooperating with the investigation.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 30 May 2025
Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 May 2025
Sweat, who was sentenced to life for killing a sheriff's deputy, was captured two days later after being shot by a New York State trooper.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 18 May 2025
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Noun
Todd Chrisley, 57, had been serving a 12-year sentence at a minimum-security men's federal prison in Florida.
—Kerry Breen
may 30, CBS News, 30 May 2025
Salvador received a 17 year sentence, with time reduced for cooperating with the investigation.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 30 May 2025
Verb
He was sentenced in June to 35 years in federal prison.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 May 2025
Sweat, who was sentenced to life for killing a sheriff's deputy, was captured two days later after being shot by a New York State trooper.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentence
Noun
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The game was delayed 18 minutes, first for the umpires to deliberate on what the proper ruling would be, then to clear the field of debris thrown from the Rogers Centre stands.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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The ruling comes nearly two weeks after the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to revoke the status of nearly 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants in the U.S. who are allowed to remain under the Temporary Status Program.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
30 May 2025
Verb
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In discussing the Afrikaners, Trump will encourage Ramaphosa's government to condemn what the White House official described as incendiary rhetoric against them by politicians.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Consider: The United States voted with Russia and North Korea in February concerning a UN Resolution to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
Noun
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After Chauvin’s trial, a CBS News/YouGov poll in 2021 found that 75% of those surveyed thought that the jury had reached the right verdict in convicting him.—
Karlyn Bowman,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Decades of abuse Several dozen victims and rights campaigners gathered outside the courthouse ahead of the verdict, holding a banner made of hundreds of pieces of white paper with black silhouettes, one for each victim.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
28 May 2025
Verb
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The United States halted a punishing bombing campaign against the Houthis this month, saying the rebels had pledged to stop attacking ships.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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The penalty is a mere $200 fine, and members have not been punished for said violations.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
25 May 2025
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Now, attention is turning to whether sustainability expectations set by major platforms can actually trickle down to reshape fashion into something fundamentally more sustainable—or whether such initiatives are inherently doomed to be disconnected from material change.—
Nicole Rycroft,
Sourcing Journal,
19 May 2025
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David Ramos / Getty Images) Your Next Read Premier League top-five odds: Chelsea in trouble, Nottingham Forest doomed? Champions League final odds, betting predictions: Inter or Paris Saint-Germain?—
Julia Ranney,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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“Sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentence. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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