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Recent Examples of condemnation Palestinians in Gaza expressed a mixture of condemnation and confusion. Natasha Frost, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2025 The raids, part of an ongoing pledge by President Donald Trump to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, drew widespread condemnation from Colorado immigrant rights groups and state Democratic lawmakers. Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025 Perhaps most indicative of Russia’s shift was the refusal of Putin and Russian officials to issue any condemnation or rebuke of Hamas in the days following October 7. Nicole Grajewski, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2025 The Beijing government has promised retaliation against U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariffs on Chinese exports after a raft of new trade measures also drew sharp condemnation from Mexico and Canada. David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for condemnation
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Noun
  • Why the Supreme Court chose censure The state Supreme Court could have imposed a harsher penalty, such as disbarment, or a lesser one, such as a private reprimand.
    David Staats, Idaho Statesman, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Quickley spoke of Calipari criticizing his shot selection, as much as a test of his confidence as a reprimand.
    Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Brown’s refusal to show New Zealand officials the text of the China deal ahead of his trip prompted censure from Wellington this month.
    Charlotte Graham-McLay, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Those who stick around and suffer a formal censure from their governing academic body usually — but not automatically — face removal from office by a higher power (typically the university’s board of trustees, or the state’s governor).
    Shaun Richman, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • What’s more, school punishment echoes—and exacerbates—historic racial injustice.
    Aaron Kupchik, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The State Supreme Court ruled last year that death by firing squad was a legal form of punishment even though it is largely viewed as an archaic form of justice that, according to polls, many Americans believe to be inhumane.
    Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But on Tuesday, Ms. Kennedy, 67, unleashed a searing public denunciation of her cousin, delivering a moment that stood out even after the family’s 60 years of public triumphs and tragedies.
    Adam Nagourney, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Hu himself was repeatedly brought to denunciation rallies, where Red Guards would inveigh against him and seek to humiliate him in public.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Finding negative angles about the club seems often to be a sport in itself, particularly among provocative ex-player pundits for whom criticism is currency.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Stone also raised criticisms about McMahon’s knowledge of the role, including hesitation on what existing Trump executive orders mean for local schools.
    Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 14 Feb. 2025

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“Condemnation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condemnation. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.

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