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sanctioned

adjective as in authorized

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Someone who regularly rebels against the most socially sanctioned night of the year?

The Moscow protest was not sanctioned, which meant every participant risked arrest.

Before Cuba was shunned and sanctioned, it was a handy place for the randy.

Even worse than state violence, though, is state-sanctioned violence.

“When I first started here, maybe only one or two people were being sanctioned,” McLean explains.

Parliament had sanctioned a junction, but not such a junction, the Midland said, as it was proposed to make.

And when we contemplate aright the exercise as sanctioned by the procedure of God, how distinctly are these brought before us!

"Umbrellas are at a premium," observed Mr. Hillary, with the freedom long intimacy had sanctioned.

The outdoor relief sanctioned for able-bodied men was strictly limited to persons who were not in employment for hire.

The proposals sanctioned by the Central Authority go up to a capital outlay of 350 per bed.

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On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sanctioned, such as: accepted, allowed, approved, licensed, permitted, and accredited.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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