as in rulings
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 condemns
to impose a judicial punishment on
the judge sentenced him to a fine of $50 and time served
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Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2025
Yet what distinguishes Bowles’s work—what animates those strange, angular sentences, with their unexpected rhythms and turns of phrase and rabid energy—isn’t its interest in nonconformity but its obsession with spiritual transformation.
—Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
All three are serving lengthy prison sentences.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
My concentration was shot; the simple pleasure of stringing sentences into interesting paragraphs felt beyond me.
—Karen Palmer
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Scribbled sentences and reminders.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Despite international condemnation, hundreds of antigovernment demonstrators who took to the streets on July 11, 2021, are currently serving years-long sentences.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Twelve of the 14 men were found guilty of all charges, but their two-year sentences were cut short by early parole.
—Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Her critics have questioned her decisions to seek lighter sentences for violent crimes in some cases and to divert more people to programs rather than jail.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 17 Sep. 2025
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august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
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—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2025
Yet what distinguishes Bowles’s work—what animates those strange, angular sentences, with their unexpected rhythms and turns of phrase and rabid energy—isn’t its interest in nonconformity but its obsession with spiritual transformation.
—Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
All three are serving lengthy prison sentences.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
My concentration was shot; the simple pleasure of stringing sentences into interesting paragraphs felt beyond me.
—Karen Palmer
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Scribbled sentences and reminders.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Despite international condemnation, hundreds of antigovernment demonstrators who took to the streets on July 11, 2021, are currently serving years-long sentences.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Twelve of the 14 men were found guilty of all charges, but their two-year sentences were cut short by early parole.
—Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Her critics have questioned her decisions to seek lighter sentences for violent crimes in some cases and to divert more people to programs rather than jail.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
Hers is prose in which sentences judder and disintegrate and run over each other.
—Book Marks
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
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Intake criteria must also be revisited regularly, since court rulings and scientific evidence evolve, changing who truly qualifies.—
Arnold Sotelo,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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This comes after the administration appealed lower court rulings which found that the president exceeded his authority in imposing these using the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The American Federation of Musicians strongly condemns the decision to take Jimmy Kimmel Live!—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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The American Federation of Musicians strongly condemns the decision to take Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2025
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In the past, a majority of the Supreme Court judges who ruled on the Bolsonaro case have delivered verdicts that hurt Lula and favoured Bolsonaro.—
Adriana Carranca,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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In a statement to USA TODAY, one of Combs’ attorneys, Erica Wolff, said the jury’s not-guilty verdicts undermine the validity of the civil claims.—
Gina Barton,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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This regressive move punishes our own workers and residents to try to plug budget holes.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Continue reading … WOKE OVERREACH – Parents outraged as school punishes boys over trans locker room confrontation.—
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FOXNews.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Climate scientists have faced not only extreme working conditions, but also antagonistic political movements that reject their findings and attempt to defund their work entirely.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Given the findings that people are not using ChatGPT for their jobs, the paper seeks to find other economic value for the tech.—
Senior Reporter,
PC Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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This potentially dooms them to 48 hours in the nearest town.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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Despite concerns that failure to be in the blue reading group in first grade dooms a child’s adult options to a career in coal mining (or worse, a lesser UC), both have been completely self-supporting (and not in the coal-mining industry) since graduating from college.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Aug. 2025
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Low, who has been in regular contact with NRC colleagues on the ground — most of them local staff — said civilians are being forced into impossible decisions as the offensive intensifies.—
Kaity Kline,
NPR,
18 Sep. 2025
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These decisions were not science.—
Lila Rose,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Sentences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentences. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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