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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of penalize.

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Examples

  • The amendment "penalizes" millionaire candidates for exercising their First Amendment right to spend their wealth campaigning, Mr. Herman argued.

    Campaign-Finance Law Tested 2008

  • I don't think the quiz "penalizes" you for knowing too much; it just moves you more to the middle.

    outed! 2004

  • The moral of the Stephenson story isn't that having an involved father "penalizes" a blue-chip high school recruit, it's that the recruiting process demands some humility from both recruit and parents.

    The New Republic - All Feed 2009

  • But Why Tuesday? co-founder Norman Ornstein and Democratic New York Rep. Steve Israel argued last week in a New York Times op-ed that the U.S. still doesn't come close to the top nations for voter turnout, "despite all the money and the news media hysteria," and that the current system "penalizes" single parents and people with two jobs.

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • But Why Tuesday? co-founder Norman Ornstein and Democratic New York Rep. Steve Israel argued last week in a New York Times op-ed that the U.S. still doesn't come close to the top nations for voter turnout, "despite all the money and the news media hysteria," and that the current system "penalizes" single parents and people with two jobs.

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • Some European countries, such as Denmark, have had success tackling the problem of long-term unemployment through a carrot-and-stick approach that helps the jobless find work and penalizes them if they don't.

    U.S. Job Market Shows Ills of Europe Ben Casselman 2011

  • This, of course, penalizes GM competitors, including Toyota, Honda and other “transplants” whose cars are made in America by Americans for Americans, and Ford, which does not have the freedom of maneuver conferred by TARP money because Ford is not taking any …

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Fannie & Freddie Officially Declared Bottomless Pits. GMAC Not Far Behind 2009

  • When a company doesn't provide information for one of the 10 metrics, Corporate Knights assigns it a null score for that category, and penalizes the company with an unfavorable transparency score.

    Ranking The World's Most Sustainable Companies Helen Coster 2011

  • This, of course, penalizes GM competitors, including Toyota, Honda and other “transplants” whose cars are made in America by Americans for Americans, and Ford, which does not have the freedom of maneuver conferred by TARP money because Ford is not taking any …

    Coyote Blog » 2009 » December 2009

  • The National Defense Authorization Act, which President Barack Obama is expected to sign soon, penalizes foreign financial institutions that do business with Iran's central bank, a measure aimed at making it more difficult for Tehran to sell its oil.

    U.S. Raises Alarm Over Oil Lanes Julian E. Barnes 2011

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