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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Four Formula One teams - Mercedes, Red Bull, McLaren, and Aston Martin, were penalized by the FIA for late arrival in Shanghai for the Chinese Grand Prix this weekend due to logistical challenges, forcing teams to break the revised curfew.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
The Climate Change Superfund Act, which is designed to generate $75 billion over the next 25 years, targets energy companies for their lawful conduct over the past several decades, and unfairly penalizes them contributing to greenhouse-gas emissions without regard to their ...
—Ken Pokalsky, National Review, 15 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
So, all four engines have to last an entire season, otherwise you will be penalized.
—Bruce Martin, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
The Climate Change Superfund Act, which is designed to generate $75 billion over the next 25 years, targets energy companies for their lawful conduct over the past several decades, and unfairly penalizes them contributing to greenhouse-gas emissions without regard to their ...
—Ken Pokalsky, National Review, 15 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
So, all four engines have to last an entire season, otherwise you will be penalized.
—Bruce Martin, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Penalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penalize. Accessed 25 Mar. 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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