condoned 1 of 2

condoned

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verb

past tense of condone

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for condoned
Verb
  • Accusations of such crimes are often ignored, punished lightly or dismissed.
    Hurst Hannum, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Instead of complying, the victim ignored the gun, refused to unlock the door and drove away, the sheriff’s office said.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Officer Pino cleared in shooting The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, in reviews that are standard following any fatal police shooting, found the shooting justified.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • This belief justified, in their eyes, the use of indiscriminate violence against the Muslim minority—presaging, in Wagner’s view, the abuses of the post-9/11 era.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The 2025 Golden Globes, explained The five-time Grammy-winning singer ended his final tour last summer.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The 2025 Golden Globes, explained The past few years, they've also been photographed at events like the US Open Men's Final and Beyoncé's birthday concert in 2023.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The conundrum: how to square the authorized concert film they had been hired to produce with the tour’s deadly turn?
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Legitimate Communication Channels Tolling authorities communicate with customers only through authorized channels.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • With Biden, the vice presidency seemed to return to a more appropriate equilibrium after Cheney’s extraordinary tenure.
    Roy Brownell, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2025
  • While current data show that youth use remains low, the FDA is closely monitoring the marketplace and is committed to taking action, as appropriate, to best protect public health.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Large technology companies are still struggling with this problem as there is no clear, universally accepted framework to ensure alignment in practical systems.
    Thorsten Zander, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium.
    Jay Peters, The Verge, 18 Jan. 2025
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