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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By setting up authorized devices, MSP360 automatically flags or rejects attempts to access your account from computers or phones that don't belong to your organization.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
25 Feb. 2025
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Another bill, Wahab’s SB 332, would cap the authorized rate of return that utilities get from their investments.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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These steps are inherently time-consuming and demand not only effective collaboration across various departments but also the strategic deployment of appropriate technologies.—
Zoryana Zagorodnya,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Addressing play aggression requires understanding the behavior and consistently implementing appropriate techniques to ensure a happy and balanced home environment.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Explaining The Earthquakes The accepted explanation for the earthquakes is the disposal of wastewater after fracking a well and when producing water along with oil or gas.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Marthe Gautier, for her part, remained silent, and Jérôme's story became the accepted wisdom.—
Lorena Galliot,
Scientific American,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Condoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condoned. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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