disciplining

Example Sentences

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Rate hikes aimed at disciplining speculation can do more than cool the room.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

“By arresting Villarreal, rather than solely disciplining the employee for any wrongdoing, county officials took this ‘everyday journalism’ and transformed it ‘into a crime,’ ” she wrote.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

"While dominant individuals may show disciplining actions toward their subordinates, as macaques do naturally, these actions in the macaque society 'differ from human abuses'," it said.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Saver said that state medical boards have been weary of disciplining practitioners since the pandemic, including state chiropractic boards, which fulfill a similar role to medical boards but for chiropractors.

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2026

In Cambodia, if the father is busy with work and the mother is busy with babies and shopping, the responsibility of disciplining and punishing the younger siblings often falls on the oldest child.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung