Sample Sentences forsanctiongrouped by contextual meaning (editor-reviewed)
sanction as in: cannot sanction such behavior
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The General insists that he does not sanction any form of torture and that he has placed procedures in place to prevent it.
sanction = approve of
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I cannot sanction that behavior.
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When I explained that I spent most of my time with my grandparents and that I'd like to continue with that arrangement, they replied that the courts would not necessarily sanction such an arrangement. (source)sanction = approve
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No imaginable committee would ever sanction such a marriage even if Katharine, Winston's wife, could somehow have been got rid of. (source)
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I shall see that poor lad tomorrow evening, and, with his sanction, I shall use some. (source)sanction = approval
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Such an opportunity, sanctioned by authority, had never been known before. (source)sanctioned = approved
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But the unprovoked and unsanctioned movement enraged the guard.† (source)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unsanctioned means not and reverses the meaning of sanctioned. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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If you award damages for work that's illegal, you're sanctioning a company to be above the law.† (source)
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He campaigned against international sanctions. (source)sanctions = penalties
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By the 1300s, the Vatican sanction had helped the Knights amass so much power that Pope Clement V decided that something had to be done. (source)sanction = formal approvals
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It's like a school-sanctioned booty call. (source)sanctioned = formally approved
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The man remained where he was, in an unsanctioned part of the cage.† (source)
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Right here, I think, entered the austere conscience of my Puritan ancestry, impelling me toward lurid deeds and sanctioning even murder as right conduct.† (source)
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Ajihad won't sanction it. (source)sanction = approve
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sanction as in: sanctions against them
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When they withdraw their troops from the country, international sanctions should be lifted.
sanctions = penalties
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They are calling for a global campaign of boycotts and sanctions against Israel.
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Your father denies his Polish ancestry, since Poland is still a noncompliant nation, and under international sanction because of it. (source)
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"This may result in some sanctions for you at work," one of the Officials says to my father, in a tone so mean I wonder if she will get cited herself. (source)
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When asked to explain his decision, the president cited the United Kingdom's role in the UN's economic sanctions against the United States. (source)sanctions = penalties
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In spite of his parents' sanction he feels that he is overstepping them, correcting a mistake they've made. (source)
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The sanctions against your daughter stand. (source)
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But to answer your question: yes, some Jews did convert when the Nazis' sanctions became unbearable for them and they were effectively excluded from society. (source)
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...the power to alter such punishments, sanctions and removals of privileges as may have been ordered by other staff members. (source)
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... we were praising the fact that the day before, the General Assembly of the U.N. had voted in favor of sanctions against South Africa for the first time. (source)
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Saddam was smuggling oil and other items both into and out of his country, in violation of the U.N. sanctions. (source)
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In fact, I am in the process of preparing a demand for sanctions.† (source)
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If sanctions are imposed, the goat will fall.† (source)
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The UN condemned the invasion, demanded a withdrawal, placed economic sanctions on Iraq, and formed a blockade.† (source)
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