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chastening

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noun

chastening

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verb

present participle of chasten
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Recent Examples of chastening
Verb
Two months later, his side suffered a 5-2 defeat to Crystal Palace, followed by a chastening 5-0 loss away to Chelsea in May. Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025 Market shakeouts are about testing risk tolerances, forcing a rethink of unexamined premises and, at times, chastening the arrogant. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025 Elsewhere, despite the success of USMNT players in the league phase, this week was chastening — Milan, Juventus and Celtic’s eliminations knocked out half a dozen of their stars. Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025 What needs to change if the round of 16 is to bring more than just chastening elimination? Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025 Since a chastening defeat to Coco Gauff in Toronto in 2022, Sabalenka has completely remade her serve, eliminating the sprees of double faults that used to pepper her matches. Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025 Jackson’s side needed it in what has been a chastening start to his second season Down Under. Beren Cross, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025 That was an equally chastening reality for their Qatari owners. Phil Hay, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025 This defeat on Tyneside was a chastening reminder of the scale of the task facing Pereira — three horrible goals conceded, attacking cohesion severely lacking and the chances Wolves did create squandered. Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chastening
Adjective
  • Wall Street had been on edge, looking for any sign that Trump might shift his approach to his punitive tariffs.
    John Towfighi, David Goldman and Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Trump’s latest tariff policy draws a sharp distinction between adversaries and allies, dialing back taxes on imports from Europe and North America while doubling down on punitive measures against Beijing.
    Nik Popli, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Carr has multiple probes in progress, and his investigation into CBS over the editing of an interview with Kamala Harris has drawn condemnations from both liberal and conservative advocacy groups that describe it as a threat to the Constitutional right to free speech.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The politically explosive ruling drew condemnation from her right-wing allies in Europe and across the Atlantic.
    Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But punishing that behavior means bringing the hammer down on Vietnam, hardly a step that would win Washington strategic support in Hanoi, where a new leadership dominated by public security and military officials actually sees eye to eye with China in some areas.
    Evan A. Feigenbaum, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • In an interview with The Athletic last month, Diggins described the feeling of finishing one of the most punishing endurance tests in all of sports.
    Zack Pierce, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Poor data quality can provide wrong models and alerts, discrediting predictive monitoring.
    Hrushikesh Deshmukh, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Johnson released new guidelines for reporting gifts Wednesday after discrediting the investigation.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The department did not respond to a request for comment but released a statement on Thursday saying the next round of NAEP assessments would still be held next year.
    Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The outlets reported that the New Mexico Department of Health's risk assessment findings included rodent feces in three garages, two casitas and three sheds.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • JPMorgan economists recently raised their forecast for a U.S. and global recession to 60 percent, up from 40 percent following President Donald Trump's imposition of sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries, including 104 percent tariffs on Chinese imports.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
  • At present, the imposition of a 5% levy feels unlikely.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The violation comes with a maximum fine of $32,000.
    Regina Garcia Cano, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Federal investigators ultimately found that its officers use excessive force, discriminate against Black people, conduct stops and searches without probable cause, and arrest people purely for not having the money to pay fines.
    Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 14 Apr. 2025

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