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- verb Present participle of
sanction .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective implying sanction or serving to sanction
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Examples
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Broad, vague language seems to dominate student conduct codes throughout the country, giving university officials more discretion in sanctioning misconduct both on and off campus.
Stefanie Dazio: Off-Campus Misconduct May Result in On-Campus Penalties Stefanie Dazio 2010
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Broad, vague language seems to dominate student conduct codes throughout the country, giving university officials more discretion in sanctioning misconduct both on and off campus.
Stefanie Dazio: Off-Campus Misconduct May Result in On-Campus Penalties Stefanie Dazio 2010
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Last year the federation collected $2.9 million in sanctioning fees, up from $1.7 million in 2008.
Judge's Ruling Questions U.S. Soccer's Power Matthew Futterman 2010
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• Monitoring and sanctioning is carried out either by the users themselves or by someone who is accountable to the users.
The Prize in Economic Sciences 2009 - Illustrated Presentation 2009
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Broad, vague language seems to dominate student conduct codes throughout the country, giving university officials more discretion in sanctioning misconduct both on and off campus.
Stefanie Dazio: Off-Campus Misconduct May Result in On-Campus Penalties Stefanie Dazio 2010
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I think that many fathers have not known that they could have a positive role in sanctioning their daughters 'sexuality.
Alice Walker: On Finding Your Bliss Interview by Evelyn C. White 2010
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At present, Teachers and Police Officers (the two main sanctioning groups he will have encountered) cannot do this, (almost entirely due to liberal moronthink).
Gary Newlove « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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My thanks to the good offices of the estate in sanctioning my intrusion, but acknowledgement for the blog title must given to Commentator Diplomat, who took one look at the photograph and gasped "Destination Moon" which, as any Tintin fan will recognise, sums it all up very nicely indeed.
Destination Moon Peter Ashley 2008
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The attitude of Government in sanctioning this advance to Bagdad against Gun.
The Importance of the Mesopotamian Campaign to the British Empire 1918
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The actual sanctioning is not at all unprecedented, but we, the Elders of Sodom, do humbly admit that there may never have been an attempt such as ours, a conscious and deliberate rallying to a cause that was not aimed at simply establishing a new moral order in place of the old, a new ideology in place of the tired dogma of the obsolete regime, but rather at entirely dismantling the very system of mores.
Archive 2007-01-01 Hal Duncan 2007
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