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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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The country still has a tax structure that penalizes married couples if both individuals work full time.
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Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 30 Oct. 2024
Noncitizens are prohibited from voting in federal elections by a 1996 law that penalizes offenders with heavy fines, up to one year in prison, and deportation, which Morales-Doyle says further disincentives the crime.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2024
The central provision of this new model was a Rapid Response Labor Mechanism, or RRM, which enabled the United States to penalize private companies operating in Mexico that were denying their workers fundamental labor rights, such as freedom of association or collective bargaining.
—Miriam Sapiro, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2024
Additionally, employers may deduct the time lost from pay, but they are not allowed to discipline or penalize employees for the absence.
—Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2024
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Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 30 Oct. 2024
Noncitizens are prohibited from voting in federal elections by a 1996 law that penalizes offenders with heavy fines, up to one year in prison, and deportation, which Morales-Doyle says further disincentives the crime.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2024
The central provision of this new model was a Rapid Response Labor Mechanism, or RRM, which enabled the United States to penalize private companies operating in Mexico that were denying their workers fundamental labor rights, such as freedom of association or collective bargaining.
—Miriam Sapiro, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2024
Additionally, employers may deduct the time lost from pay, but they are not allowed to discipline or penalize employees for the absence.
—Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Penalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penalize. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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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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