How to Use anti-corruption in a Sentence

anti-corruption

adjective
  • The case is part of a broader probe that was revealed last year by the anti-corruption watchdogs.
    — ABC News, 13 May 2026
  • He is being replaced not by the left but by an anti-corruption party on the center right.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Ossoff has made anti-corruption a central tenet of his campaign.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 22 June 2026
  • An anti-corruption campaign launched by Xi shows no sign of letting up after more than a decade.
    — ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The rawness of these emotions can be a problem for the anti-corruption movement, too.
    — Kristina Berdynskykh, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2025
  • It's also pitched as an anti-corruption measure.
    — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Only five of the 23 counts against Madigan are tied to the anti-corruption law and could be dropped.
    — Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Its anti-corruption activists and defense entrepreneurs hope that the West will be patient—and have faith.
    — Daniel Block, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2023
  • So, on the one hand, part of Hezbollah’s discourse is a commitment to anti-corruption, et cetera.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The public has a right to know that current and former public servants comply with anti-corruption laws.
    — Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
  • Ukraine’s two anti-corruption agencies have been so determined to win the fight against graft that theft on that sort of scale is no longer possible.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 24 May 2026
  • Much of his appeal lay in the anti-corruption ethos that was a central plank of his agenda, both as a military and civilian ruler.
    — Benjamin Ezeamalu, USA Today, 14 July 2025
  • In recent months, despite martial law, anti-corruption protests have been held in many Ukrainian cities.
    — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Iraq is running a domestic anti-corruption campaign that has nothing to do with any ceasefire.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The program was launched in 1988 as part of a series of anti-corruption reforms.
    — Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Such erosion of anti-corruption law has often been a bipartisan project.
    — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Iraq is running a live anti-corruption purge whose politics are unresolved.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The film is described as a story rooted in anti-corruption and national crisis themes.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Our countries have pledged to strengthen transparency, enforce anti-corruption laws, and uphold the rule of law.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Yoon has also filed legal complaints against those who tried to arrest him including the head of the state anti-corruption agency.
    — Helen Regan, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Since then, the Roberts Court has slowly dismantled anti-corruption law.
    — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The 72-year-old centrist Mulet has taken a vocal anti-corruption stance in recent months.
    — Tara John, CNN, 24 June 2023
  • Last week’s shameful hearing and vote to gut anti-corruption efforts showed the need for more accountability.
    — Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Manzo had stood on an anti-corruption ticket and opposition to cartels.
    — Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • And new research from the anti-corruption watchdog group Accountable.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
  • Virginia Canter, chief anti-corruption counsel for the group, said in an interview.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 9 June 2026
  • The government resigned after less than a year in office amid nationwide anti-corruption protests.
    — Veselin Toshkov, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The raids were conducted by the force’s anti-corruption and public crime investigation team.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 13 June 2023
  • The government passed an anti-corruption law and is working to fund an anti-corruption commission.
    — ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The government passed an anti-corruption law and is working to fund an anti-corruption commission.
    — Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026

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