Verb (used with object) : an expression now sanctioned by educated usage. ,to sanction a law. From Dictionary.com.
I think that many fathers have not known that they could have a positive role in sanctioning their daughters 'sexuality. From Wordnik.com. [Alice Walker: On Finding Your Bliss Interview by Evelyn C. White] Reference
• Monitoring and sanctioning is carried out either by the users themselves or by someone who is accountable to the users. From Wordnik.com. [The Prize in Economic Sciences 2009 - Illustrated Presentation] Reference
Opponents take the opposite tack, saying the electorate just cannot warm up to the idea of sanctioning recreational dope-smoking. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
LEMON: Iranian leaders called the sanctioning illegal and warned they plan to limit their cooperation with the U. N.'s nuclear watchdog. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 26, 2007] Reference
But this is about the US having an excuse to get more countries involved in sanctioning Iran as punishment for Iran’s rejection of Israel. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Listening to the Iranian Public on Nukes] Reference
He worries that abandoning that idyll to fish in polluted waters amounts to "sanctioning" nature's destruction. From Wordnik.com. [On Fly Casting's Urban Frontier, the Fish Are Big, the Water's Dirty] Reference
UPDATE: The Obama campaign points out that they WILL be doing the CBC debate, as it fails outside the "sanctioning" period, in January. From Wordnik.com. [Barack Taking His Ball and Going to Iowa - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference
That's what we get for "sanctioning" psychoses like religious fundamentalism. From Wordnik.com. [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference
There's treacherous ambiguity in legalese and common misuse, but imposing sanctions and "sanctioning" are pretty much opposite actions. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"sanctioning" particular musical settings of the Mass. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph Blogs] Reference
But it still goes wrong in sanctioning unlimited saturated fat. From Wordnik.com. [Weighing The Medical Evidence] Reference
It has become respectable and the music companies ended up sanctioning it. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
His subsequent action justifies, indeed, the belief that, when sanctioning the. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Brask had never forgiven the king for sanctioning the marriage of Olaus Petri. From Wordnik.com. [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference
But in a larger sense, the "recentering" hurts us all by sanctioning mediocrity. From Wordnik.com. [Merchants Of Mediocrity] Reference
Then Bolívar recommended the sanctioning of his decree granting freedom to the slaves. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Bolivar, the Liberator] Reference
Sussudio says he is not surprised that the world is sanctioning him, and he doesn't much care. From Wordnik.com. [TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads] Reference
Consequently in 1666 a Royal Decree was received in Manila sanctioning a mission to the Ladrones. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
He likens himself to Martin Luther King Jr. in sanctioning civil protest to overturn an unjust law. From Wordnik.com. [Capitol Letter: Roy's Rock] Reference
British Member of the European Parliament Jean Lambert says that the French government is sanctioning intolerance. From Wordnik.com. [French Immigration Minister Says Roma Deportations to Continue] Reference
He defends himself with a tort-reform plan that goes beyond Bush's in sanctioning lawyers who file frivolous lawsuits. From Wordnik.com. [LET THEM EAT A BIT MORE CHEESE] Reference
Authorities are saying the sanctioning body, MDR, is completely at fault for not having their participants follow the rules. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Parker: Off-Road Racing Accident Kills Eight: So Who's Responsible?] Reference
Others fear that there is no logical difference between allowing same-sex marriage and sanctioning polygamy and other horrors. From Wordnik.com. [Let Gays Marry] Reference
A resolution was offered in the House of Commons expressing disapprobation with the English Cabinet for sanctioning, in 1855 and. From Wordnik.com. [The Grand Old Man] Reference
Michael Geoghegan, for higher pay, further inflaming the situation by sanctioning huge allowances when the pay deals were blocked. From Wordnik.com. [HSBC's New Chairman Must Come From Outside] Reference
But officials have tried to end such practices as sanctioning endless push-ups as punishment and letting knobs become malnourished. From Wordnik.com. [Separate, Not Equal] Reference
We should also denounce the fact that the vast majority of the world's remaining death-penalty sanctioning countries are majority-Muslim. From Wordnik.com. [Sharia, the scare word] Reference
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