penalized

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USC is test-optional and scores are considered as part of holistic review, but students are not penalized if they do not submit them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

In February, in one of the SEC’s only actions to date against a private-fund manager under Chairman Atkins, the agency penalized a private-credit manager over valuation practices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

And platforms cannot be penalized for hosting this kind of speech.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

The risk for the technology companies is that future juries choose to treat social-media addiction in the same way as tobacco companies were penalized in lawsuits over the harms of smoking.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Those who protested could be penalized under the 1917 Espionage Act, which made it a crime to interfere with the draft or encourage “disloyal” acts.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman