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• Sanctions were imposed on the country that had made an unprovoked attack on its neighbour.From the entry impose
• The international community's sanctions against the regime had some teeth to them this time around.From the entry teeth
• Sanctions have failed to put a hurt on the adversary government.From the entry put a hurt on
• The League was hampered by the U.S.'s refusal to join and its member states' unwillingness to impose sanctions on foreign countries.From the entry league
• Trade sanctions militate against international cooperation.From the entry militate
• Beijing imposed punitive sanctions on Canada.From the entry punitive
• One response from the trade perspective is that the WTO is not authorizing trade sanctions, but rather countermeasures to reequilibrate the balance of negotiated trade concessions.From the entry reequilibrate
• Spanish has become a sanctioned indicator of potential criminality in the United States of America.2025 October 20, Carlos Lozada, “You Caught Me. I’m Speaking Spanish.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry hombre
• Even better, he can talk a good game without doing things that might risk judicial sanctions.2024 April 16, David A. Graham, “Trump’s Alternate-Reality Criminal Trial”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2024. From the entry righteously
• The superior rulemaker's only recourse is to impose sanctions against the inferior rulemaker.2019, Johan Lindholm, “7: CAS's normative contribution”, in The Court of Arbitration for Sport and Its Jurisprudence: An Empirical Inquiry…. From the entry rulemaker
• As a result, if facts disconfirm the officially sanctioned theoretical vision, they are subordinated.2016 September 14, Paul Romer, “The Trouble with Macroeconomics”, in Working paper, page 15. From the entry disconfirm
• This Christian leader in the officially sanctioned church had engaged in a series of weiquan activities.2016, Fenggang Yang, “The Growth and Dynamism of Chinese Christianity”, in Christianity and Freedom, volume II, Cambridge University…. From the entry Nanle
• The sanctions range from attorney fees to prohibiting the nonanswering party from presenting or defending claims.2013, James J. Gross, It's Splitsville: Surviving Your Divorce, page 240. From the entry attorney
• Unilateral U.S. sanctions against Iran are on track, Senate officials say, but taking the slow train.2009 December 16, Ron Kampeas, “Obama and Kerry slowing sanctions legislation push”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency, retrieved 20 Feb 2022. From the entry slow train
• Chatiquette prescribes what behavior is frowned upon and what the sanctions are.2006, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media. From the entry chatiquette
• It was a social happening, because sanctioned gathering spots for kids were scarce.2006, William Teten, Very Truly, Tudey: An Austin Anthology, Old Austin Press, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry knothole section
• Further, in most cultures without systems of codified laws, long-term mateships are ritually sanctioned by the community.2005, David J. Buller, Adapting Minds: Evolutionary Psychology And The Persistent Quest For Human Nature, page 259. From the entry mateship
• Radice would never sanction an advert like Marks’s now-notorious ‘normal’ lady on the hill.2004 March 6, Sarah Ryle, “Prayer on a G-string at Marks”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry marks
• As a result, disorder in itself has become a harm that justifies the criminal sanction.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order. From the entry appropriate
• By the time J. made the List, another variety had been identified and sanctioned by the junketeers.2001, Colson Whitehead, John Henry Days. From the entry trend piece
• Observe what sanctions the teacher employs with her class in order to enforce the rules.1996, Louis Cohen, Lawrence Manion, Keith Morrison, A Guide to Teaching Practice, page 51. From the entry stay behind
• Nonetheless, the fact of sanctions ensured that Tokyo-Pyongyang relations would stay frosty.1988, Country Report: China, North Korea, page 36. From the entry stay frosty
• Her presence forces churchpeople to consider on what grounds gay relationships can be sanctioned within the community.1979 April 28, John Graczak, “The Sacred and the Profane”, in Gay Community News, page 16. From the entry blow the lid off
• Every aspect of the salt trade required official sanction and the issue of permits.1970, S. A. M. Adshead, The Modernization of the Chinese Salt Administration, 1900-1920, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University…. From the entry Yangchow
• Her cult thus provided a very powerful sanction against civil disturbances.1963, G[william] I[wan] Jones, “The Eastern Delta State at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century”, in The Trading States of the Oil…. From the entry tutelary deity
• It has sanctioned countries unilaterally — from Iran to Cuba to Venezuela — even when its closest allies disagreed.2025 January 24, Fareed Zakaria, “Is the U.S. a patsy? The premise of ‘America First’ is bizarre. World leaders see America as a country…. From the entry global order
• Sanctions have crippled the Iranian economy, reducing a top oil exporter to a poor and struggling shadow of its former self.2025 June 26, Kasra Naji, “When Iran's supreme leader emerges from hiding he will find a very different nation”, in BBC. From the entry shadow of one's former self
• She was among high-profile Ugandan politicians sanctioned by the United States and the United Kingdom for corruption earlier this year.2024 July 22, Nimi Princewill, “Uganda’s President Museveni warns citizens they are ‘playing with fire’ over planned protests”, in CNN. From the entry United Kingdom
• Board of Education decision outlawed government sanctioned, racially separate schools.2024 June 9, Tracey Tully, “Facing Entrenched School Segregation, New Jersey Tries Something New”, in The New York Times. From the entry voluntarily
• TfL has sanctioned investment in serious development work.2024 April 3, Howard Johnston, “TfL is overflowing with ideas... but is short of the capital”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 31. From the entry dream world
• The movement advocates for boycotts of Israeli products, divestment from companies operating in Israeli settlements, and sanctions against Israel.2023 October 15, Julian Gen, The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Comprehensive Introduction: The History, Politics, and Culture Behind the…. From the entry bds
• Zelensky has apparently imposed personal sanctions against Bashar Assad.2023 March 18, @RWApodcast, Twitter, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2023. From the entry Assad curse
• When Putin invaded Ukraine anyway, the sanctions did hit hard.2022 August 18, Bruce W. Jentleson, “Who’s Winning the Sanctions War?”, in Foreign Policy. From the entry jujitsu
• According to the EU sanctions, Mr Gutseriev's potash plant is "the largest investment in Belarus, worth $2 billion".2021 June 27, Robert Mendick, “Russian oligarch with UK property empire escapes sanctions despite links to Belarus dictator”, in The…. From the entry Lyuban
• In the side of a storage structure, I note a surely-not-officially sanctioned graffiti slogan, "Art is Long, Life is Short".August 24, 2017, Passport Magazine, Hong Kong. From the entry art is long, life is short

Meaning of sanction

1. noun An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
2. noun A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.
3. noun A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying any of the above.

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How do you use sanction in a sentence?

Sanction is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The whalers had been operating in the contested waters off the island with sanction from the Japanese government.”

What is a short sentence with sanction?

“Beijing imposed punitive sanctions on Canada.”

What does sanction mean?

Sanction means an approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.