punitive measure
Example Sentences
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Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chair of the College, said: "We want to work alongside the Government on this scheme so it's important that it is not presented as a punitive measure for patients."
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025
The following Friday — a day before UW’s Pac-12 opener against Cal — tight-ends coach Derham Cato informed Culp he’d been removed from all of the Huskies’ pass plays as a punitive measure.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2023
Mr. Navarro, who was indicted by a grand jury last week, has previously objected to the FBI’s handling of his arrest which was carried out claiming the public arrest was a punitive measure.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 11, 2022
Some officials, however, have recommended easing travel restrictions, citing that the economically punitive measure cannot stop omicron once it’s there.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2021
She was holding to her chest a doll with yellow hair that looked as if it had been chopped, as a punitive measure, with a pair of dull scissors.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
