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as in denouncing
to declare to be morally wrong or evil
it is a sign of human progress that slavery, which was once legal in many places, is now universally condemned
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as in criticizing
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of
a report that condemns the working conditions in the factories of many developing countries
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as in censuring
to express public or formal disapproval of
the philosopher's works were once condemned by the church and placed on its list of forbidden books
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as in convicting
to find or pronounce guilty
the accused was condemned by the news media even before the trial began
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as in sentencing
to impose a judicial punishment on
a stern judge who does not hesitate to condemn a felon to life behind bars
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Recent Examples of condemning
NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
The Philippines issued a statement on Friday condemning China’s moves.
—Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen and Philip J. Heijmans / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Wizards issued a statement commenting on the events, condemning the harassment and offering a brief explanation of the company’s plans for the future of the format.
—Ash Parrish, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
The comments came as other lawmakers like House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer issued statements condemning the attacks, as well.
—Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
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Hamas also released a statement condemning the strike.
—NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
The Philippines issued a statement on Friday condemning China’s moves.
—Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen and Philip J. Heijmans / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Wizards issued a statement commenting on the events, condemning the harassment and offering a brief explanation of the company’s plans for the future of the format.
—Ash Parrish, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
The comments came as other lawmakers like House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer issued statements condemning the attacks, as well.
—Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for condemning
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The hateful rhetoric has been deployed all the way down the ballot, in Senate races, statehouse contests, and state constitutional amendment campaigns.Madison Pauly and Sarah Szilagy, Them, 5 Nov. 2024
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The worthwhile parts of Twitter (real-time news, sports, culture, silly memes, spontaneous encounters with celebrity accounts) have been drowned out by hateful garbage.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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El Salvador made bitcoin legal tender in 2021, and since that moment, the IMF has been criticizing and opposing this decision.Javier Bastardo, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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That is criticizing the policies of the government, which is the right of every American.Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
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Critics have affixed to his output any number of adjectives meant to communicate its basic darkness: acerbic, malicious, cruel, contemptuous.Brandon Sanchez, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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The rocket lifted away slowly, as though in contemptuous defiance of physics.David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
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Yet feeling out of place has, ironically, brought Escola even closer to their Mary Todd Lincoln, whose fear that a scornful world might keep her offstage gives the show an unexpected pathos.Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
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The president has outlined a deeply misguided foreign policy vision that is distrustful of U.S. allies, scornful of international institutions, and indifferent, if not downright hostile, to the liberal international order that the United States has sustained for nearly eight decades.Eliot A. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
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With consumer attitudes skewed toward caring for expensive items and punishing cheaper ones, should Primark consider raising retail prices?Brooke Roberts-Islam, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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However, the universe is not punishing you with this anticipatory period.Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Condemning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condemning. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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