SENTENCED Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

sentenced

verb

past tense of sentence

as in condemned

to impose a judicial punishment on the judge sentenced him to a fine of $50 and time served

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Recent Examples of sentenced Militants convicted of intentional killings and those sentenced to life terms before 2005 are excluded from the bill’s provisions. — ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026 The group sought to prove its point again Sunday by partnering with Nida Abu Baker, whose father was sentenced in 2009 for coleading a Texas charity that bankrolled terrorists. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2026 Figueroa was sentenced to 50 days in jail for driving under the influence in Wisconsin in 2006 and received an infraction for publicly drinking alcohol in Wekiwa Springs State Park in 2015. — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026 He was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2018 but his sentence was one of a raft later commuted by President Joe Biden during his final days in office, federal records show. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026 Instead, McGrath says, she has been sentenced to a decade of scrounging for work that doesn't require a background check. — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026 In 2018, Buffett was sentenced to 32 months in jail following her conviction on two felony counts of being an accessory after the fact. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026 Earlier this year, two Colorado funeral home co-directors were sentenced to decades in prison for a scheme that involved hiding 200 decomposing bodies. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026 The former FedEx driver who was sentenced to death in May for the capital murder of 7-year-old Wise County girl Athena Strand has had his request for a new trial denied. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Aug. 2026

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Krishnan rightly points out that actively suppressing language ought to be condemned, but that suppression and obsolescence are wholly different.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
On Saturday, Oman condemned attacks on the vessels that were attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, saying in a statement that such attacks could affect its negotiations with Iran over the waterway’s management.

— Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2026

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Restrictions have extended outside the classroom, with some teachers being fired or punished for criticizing conservative activist Charlie Kirk after his assassination.

— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
This is in part because of the psychological need to believe in a just world, where good people are rewarded and bad people are punished.

— Jen Cole Wright, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

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The company is far from doomed even after Demis Hassabis stepped down as CEO of DeepMind Wednesday and Chief Scientist Jeff Dean left to found a startup.

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Which is why Infantino’s campaign for reelection to a fourth term as FIFA president next March, a campaign which had the support of more than 200 FIFA members two weeks ago, now appears doomed.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

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