as in immunity
freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
she mistakenly believed that she could insult people with impunity
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Recent Examples of impunity
Only my spouse gets to ignore my word with impunity.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Shootings and impunity By the 2000s, Israel’s attacks on journalists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip grew deadlier.
—Maha Nassar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
In this still-early stage of the AI boom, Silicon Valley, for all its impunity, has chosen not to voice robust ideas about democracy that differ substantively from the whims of a mercurial White House.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
Some victims have suffered abuse in home countries where domestic violence is more normalized and they’re used to abusers having impunity, Duberli said.
—Juliana Jiménez J, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Shootings and impunity By the 2000s, Israel’s attacks on journalists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip grew deadlier.
—Maha Nassar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
In this still-early stage of the AI boom, Silicon Valley, for all its impunity, has chosen not to voice robust ideas about democracy that differ substantively from the whims of a mercurial White House.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
Some victims have suffered abuse in home countries where domestic violence is more normalized and they’re used to abusers having impunity, Duberli said.
—Juliana Jiménez J, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for impunity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impunity
Noun
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The Biden administration had weighed withdrawing antitrust immunity for the joint venture, which began in 2016.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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The antitrust immunity deal has been in place for almost nine years and allowed the airlines to coordinate on schedule, pricing and capacity for flights between the United States and Mexico.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Since applicants go through the renewal process every two years, immigration experts say that those with active status have already been screened by the government and given protection from deportation.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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The council voted down possible last-minute changes to the deal that the Commanders opposed, including stricter environmental building standards and more protection for historic trees on the site.—
Annabella Rosciglione,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a year should get kicked out of the service.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2025
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The company maintained permits weren’t necessary to start because of an exemption for generators on site for less than a year, a rationale Shelby County’s Health Department agreed with.—
Taylor Kate Brown,
ProPublica,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Impunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impunity. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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