as in imposed
to establish or apply as a charge or penalty
the police will fine you for driving with one headlight out
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as in filtered
to remove usually visible impurities from
the use of egg shells to fine wine
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Recent Examples of fined
Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 15 May 2026
The transport ministry did not disclose the amount each carrier was fined.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
None had ever heard of anyone in their industry being investigated by the FTC, much less fined.
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026
He was personally fined $25,000 in August 2020 for walking out on his video news conference after only two questions, following the playoff elimination of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
—Jesse Granger, New York Times, 15 May 2026
False declarations are fined up to $10,000 per day.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
The Ethics Board fined Gardiner $20,000 in 2023 for his conduct, only to later clear him and drop the case.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
The Jazz — one of the teams recently fined by the league for tanking during the regular season — still managed to get a decent outcome after the NBA tried to police the tanking process.
—Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
In February, two boaters were fined $5,000 by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency for altering an inspection tag to try to bring an uninspected boat onto Lake Tahoe.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Verb
He was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $7,700 on April 15.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 15 May 2026
The transport ministry did not disclose the amount each carrier was fined.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
None had ever heard of anyone in their industry being investigated by the FTC, much less fined.
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026
He was personally fined $25,000 in August 2020 for walking out on his video news conference after only two questions, following the playoff elimination of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
—Jesse Granger, New York Times, 15 May 2026
False declarations are fined up to $10,000 per day.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
The Ethics Board fined Gardiner $20,000 in 2023 for his conduct, only to later clear him and drop the case.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
The Jazz — one of the teams recently fined by the league for tanking during the regular season — still managed to get a decent outcome after the NBA tried to police the tanking process.
—Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
In February, two boaters were fined $5,000 by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency for altering an inspection tag to try to bring an uninspected boat onto Lake Tahoe.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fined
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But China sees a transparency issue in the way the rates are imposed, asserting that the carriers are violating filing regulations.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
15 May 2026
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame said US sanctions imposed on his military will not alter Kigali’s stance over eastern DR Congo, dismissing the restrictions as a cost of pursuing national interests.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
15 May 2026
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The dripping water, filtered through the porous lava rock, was also used as drinking water.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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Efficiency, productivity and automation are all filtered into the same mental folder as every other AI vendor.—
Adriana Munoz Vergara,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Isaiah Smith turned himself in to police on March 11, 2025, and was also charged with criminal hazing.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
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Police said Suarez was arrested and charged with two counts of manslaughter, three counts of vehicular manslaughter, two counts of vehicular assault and driving while intoxicated.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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Alvir further clarified that there are different ways the old dream of mathematical truth might be realized.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
18 May 2026
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Advertisement The war has also clarified what the next phase of Gulf development requires.—
Daniel Benaim,
Time,
18 May 2026
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Dishes that are stacked too closely together, are nested (think bowls and spoons), or blocked by larger items may not be fully cleaned and rinsed.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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The script, credited to new collaborator Simon Lyashenko and Zvyagintsev and adapted freely from Chabrol’s 1969 thriller, wastes nothing, not even a throwaway comment at a restaurant dinner that Gleb and Galina attend about the last time Gleb cleaned his own house.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
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It can be copied, replayed, leaked, modeled or eventually extracted.—
Pravir Malik,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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It was extracted in central Africa in the 1990s, and in its uncut state weighed nearly 12 carats.—
Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
15 May 2026
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Just like a new hire improves with coaching, agents improve when their outputs are reviewed, corrected and refined over time.—
Jim Johnson,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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That tension between fast and slow, raw and refined, is what makes the city so compelling.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 May 2026
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Cotton clothes are lint shedders, microfibers are lint attractors and when washed together, microfiber fleece ends up covered with little balls of lint.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
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An employee washed their hands with single use gloves on.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
May 15,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
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“Fined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fined. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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