exemplary

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Exemplary damages are punitive damages which are to punish the defendant.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

Exemplary proof of Del Toro’s pronouncement is “Unicorn Wars,” the hyper-grisly and philosophically rich second feature from Spanish illustrator and animator Alberto Vázquez.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2023

Exemplary, idiosyncratic female role models, like Turtle from The Westing Game or Rat from The Snarkout Boys & the Avocado of Death, were nowhere to be found.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2014

Exemplary barbecue shrimp — sautéed in a dark and fiery cream that carries with it hints of lemon and Worcestershire sauce — introduce the restaurant’s abilities.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2010

Exemplary punishments were inflicted, which procured a partial result.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen