as in ruling
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 to condemn
to impose a judicial punishment on
the judge sentenced him to a fine of $50 and time served
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Recent Examples of sentence
Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
Aaron Hernandez killed himself in 2017 while serving a murder sentence.
—Staff and Wire Reports, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
Alexandra E. Petri, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
The former governor was sentenced to 14 years in prison, but Trump commuted the sentence in 2020.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Dec. 2024
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Six of them will walk free from court today, having either served the duration of their sentence already or received a suspension.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
Aaron Hernandez killed himself in 2017 while serving a murder sentence.
—Staff and Wire Reports, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
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She was sentenced in August 2023 to nine years in prison.
—Alexandra E. Petri, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
The former governor was sentenced to 14 years in prison, but Trump commuted the sentence in 2020.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Dec. 2024
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Representatives for Willis and Trump’s lead attorney in Georgia did not immediately respond Thursday to text messages seeking comment on the ruling.Kate Brumback, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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The criminal case against former Uvalde school police chief Pete Arredondo will move ahead after a judge’s ruling Thursday.Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Saudi Arabia condemned the attack, the Gulf country's foreign ministry said in a statement.Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Last weekend’s derby defeat by Manchester United brought another wave of adverse publicity for Walker, widely condemned for throwing himself to the ground in what looked like an attempt to get Rasmus Hojlund sent off.Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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The jury returned a guilty verdict, and later a sentence of death.Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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After the three-year-long legal battle against Lanez came to an end in 2023, Megan Thee Stallion wrote an op-ed in Elle detailing her thoughts on his guilty verdict.Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 18 Dec. 2024
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Although this got him over with fans, he was seemingly punished by WWE management with bad booking until he was eventually released in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
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Biden was punished for abandoning border security, resulting in a crisis that forced him to ignore his left flank and put some immigration restrictions back in place.Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Dec. 2024
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The defense world was buzzing over the weekend as the U.S. Air Force punted a decision on its futuristic fighter into the new year and into the hands of an administration that could doom it.Colin Demarest, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
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Pierce’s piece demonstrates how site owners are caught between a rock and a hard place: Even if AI startups are crawling the internet solely to enrich their own products, disallowing the bots may doom a site to obscurity.Peter Rubin, Longreads, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentence. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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