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Lenders legally cannot penalize you for paying off your loan early, however.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

Any talk of changing the rules, salary cap or otherwise, to put reins on this kind of success would propagate underperformance and penalize this fascinating culture of constant improvement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in recent months have pledged to scrutinize defense contractors’ performance, and penalize those that don’t improve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Only Charles Schwab won’t penalize traders for selling on the first day, but Schwab clients have to be pretty big players to get any shares.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Lockwood hears from parents who wonder if saving for college penalizes them when it comes to financial aid.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026

AI rewards those with judgment, domain knowledge and machine output; it penalizes those in rigidly designed jobs, such as narrowly scripted clerical or call-center work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

It’s similar to California’s Advanced Clean Cars program, which doesn’t require consumers to buy electric vehicles, but penalizes manufacturers if they don’t phase out sales of gasoline and diesel cars and light trucks by 2035.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2025

According to the New York Times, the company “routinely refuses to accept doctors’ notes, penalizes workers who need to take care of a sick family member and otherwise punishes employees for lawful absences.”

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2024

The professional spirit detects its own violations and penalizes them.

From My Life and Work by Henry Ford

Safety Quentin Lake was penalized for illegal use of hands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Instead, they received warnings or notices to correct problems for cases in which they were not penalized, an investigation by Capital & Main has found.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

People who sell to lower- and moderate-income consumers are getting penalized by their customers in some cases for raising prices, but they’re still willing to try, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

An Australian court penalized that company for false advertising.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

My family had not asked for or even wanted to be involved in the struggle, but my involvement penalized them.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

“Meta still has the most call optionality, where the market is penalizing them for the spend and not giving them credit for potential revenue from the spend,” he wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Three years ago, the National Basketball Association started penalizing player flopping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

In response, the VA’s new rule asserts a blanket policy of considering the condition only as it presents under treatment, basically penalizing veterans like me for doing the work of staying alive.

From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2026

Vice President JD Vance met with South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok in Washington last week and warned him against penalizing U.S. tech firms including Coupang, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

"Think of penalizing the first honest attempt to understand!"

From The Beauty and the Bolshevist by Alice Duer Miller