Examples of penalize in a Sentence
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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You can be penalized for underpayments.
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Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
The challenge is ensuring seamless, customer-friendly security that stops fraud without penalizing honest shoppers.
—Yevgeni Tsirulnik, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
The bill would also leave it up to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to issue guidelines for businesses and penalize violators of the ban on single-use plastics.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2025
Former President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, passed in 2022, included a provision that penalized pharmaceutical companies which raised Medicare drug prices faster than inflation.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025
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Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
The challenge is ensuring seamless, customer-friendly security that stops fraud without penalizing honest shoppers.
—Yevgeni Tsirulnik, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
The bill would also leave it up to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to issue guidelines for businesses and penalize violators of the ban on single-use plastics.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2025
Former President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, passed in 2022, included a provision that penalized pharmaceutical companies which raised Medicare drug prices faster than inflation.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for penalize
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“Penalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penalize. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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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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