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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
sanction .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective formally approved and invested with legal authority
- adjective conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
- adjective established by authority; given authoritative approval
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Examples
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And accordingly, without any petty distinctions of party, or class, or creed, they decided to band themselves into a body of volunteers and they adopted a title sanctioned in Irish history -- namely, the Irish
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One might as well charge Jesus with legalism in adopting a term sanctioned by God
Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 George Adam Smith 1899
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Does my, and the majority of other people voting in "sanctioned" elections count?
Clinton picks up a superdelegate, but still lags behind 2008
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I know it is the accepted designation for eighteen-year-old human females, the legally correct word, a word sanctioned by the restroom doors at some of the nation’s finest institutions of higher education.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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I know it is the accepted designation for eighteen-year-old human females, the legally correct word, a word sanctioned by the restroom doors at some of the nation’s finest institutions of higher education.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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I know it is the accepted designation for eighteen-year-old human females, the legally correct word, a word sanctioned by the restroom doors at some of the nation’s finest institutions of higher education.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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I know it is the accepted designation for eighteen-year-old human females, the legally correct word, a word sanctioned by the restroom doors at some of the nation’s finest institutions of higher education.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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The poverty, sorrow of humans takes a back seat as the Treasury is looted and the Thou shalt not killers run out to kill in sanctioned Murder.
Source: Joe Wilson racking up the dollars after 'you lie' comment 2009
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Virgin sanctioned the show, over which it has limited control, to spotlight the 2-year-old airline, which positions itself as a fun, hip, lower-cost alternative to the legacy carriers.
Fly Girls: TV series follows flight attendants at home and in the air 2010
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(A USAC license allows a rider to compete in sanctioned races.)
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