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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Louisiana, which does not share a border with a foreign country, is one of several states attempting to penalize local officials who don’t cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
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Sara Cline, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
Software tools will continue to advance in this area, leveraging AI and machine learning to credit and penalize their models on a continuous basis to increase accuracy.
—Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC news, 11 June 2025
The Trump administration has put an emphasis on American jobs linked to the industry, penalizing manufacturers that build their products from parts sourced globally by instating tariffs.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
The servicer was penalized by the Biden administration for allegedly providing untimely or incorrect billing statements when student loan repayment resumed after the pandemic-era pause.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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Sara Cline, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
Software tools will continue to advance in this area, leveraging AI and machine learning to credit and penalize their models on a continuous basis to increase accuracy.
—Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC news, 11 June 2025
The Trump administration has put an emphasis on American jobs linked to the industry, penalizing manufacturers that build their products from parts sourced globally by instating tariffs.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
The servicer was penalized by the Biden administration for allegedly providing untimely or incorrect billing statements when student loan repayment resumed after the pandemic-era pause.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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“Penalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penalize. Accessed 17 Jun. 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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