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verb (1)

past tense of fine
as in imposed
to establish or apply as a charge or penalty the police will fine you for driving with one headlight out

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verb (2)

past tense of fine
as in filtered
to remove usually visible impurities from the use of egg shells to fine wine

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Recent Examples of fined
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Only three have been fined $100, though one of those cases is still pending, according to the utility. — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026 Right now, a candidate who violates campaign finance law is fined $250, while a political action committee is fined $2,500. — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 22 Oct. 2026 The team was fined $30 million and lost five consecutive draft picks from 2029 through 2033 as punishment. — CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Kalshi also fined and suspended three congressional candidates who the company said wagered on the outcome of their own elections in April. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 The Clippers were fined $30 million and ordered to forfeit multiple first-round draft picks. — Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 The league also fined the team $30 million, suspended team owner Ballmer and president of business operations Gillian Zucker for a year and president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank for six months. — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Individuals can now be fined as much as $5 billion rupiah ($280,000) and jailed up to 15 years. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 Griffith was fined and sentenced to just two years in prison. — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fined
  1. imposed
  2. filtered
  3. charged
  4. clarified
  5. cleaned
  6. extracted
  7. refined
  8. washed
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  • The bill imposed new pre-enrollment verification requirements on people buying insurance through the ACA marketplace, and ended enhanced premium tax credits implemented during the pandemic that drove down premiums.
    — Jack Harvel October 25, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Then, Hamas took control of Gaza, Israel imposed a blockade, there were years of Hamas rocket fire into Israel and Israeli retaliation.
    — Daniel Estrin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of imposed
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  • The database can be filtered by gender, region, size and other characteristics, providing a more detailed view of the populations brands are designing for.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Results can be searched and filtered, and files can be previewed before recovery.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of filtered
Verb
  • Most of the immigrants charged in California have lived in the country for at least five years, and some of them for decades.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Arthur and her daughter have not had contact since 1978, when Arthur’s second husband, Cledith Arthur, was indicted and charged with raping his 12-year-old stepdaughter.
    — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of charged
Verb
  • The California Department of Education clarified that a waiver the district received only applies to the 80% staffing rule and does not extend the three-year spending deadline, meaning unexpended funds revert to the state.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Officials do not know what caused the chemical release, which the city clarified was not an explosion.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of clarified
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  • Last year, Abrams had delicately cleaned the tombstone of Mary Bailey, who died in 1852 at just 21 years old.
    — Kimberlee Kruesi, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • And the service is unparalleled, including bathrooms that are cleaned after every use—our own houses aren’t that tidy.
    — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of cleaned
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  • Raw inputs are extracted from the periphery, refined and assembled in the metropole, and sold back at a markup.
    — NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In that moment, walking through room after room of marble and silk and silver, all of it extracted from illiterate workers in the fields and fishing boats on the horizon, the reasons for the Protestant Reformation became fully clear to me.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of extracted
Verb
  • The techniques were refined between the wars by the French, British, German, and Spanish armed forces, and during the Second World War, tens of thousands of casualties were flown across the European and Pacific theaters.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The wristwear was predictably refined—in terms of both aesthetics and proportions—reflecting the growing appeal of the small dress watch.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of refined
Verb
  • Items such as the coffee pots, dispensing nozzles for cappuccino and frazil machines must be washed and sanitized as needed.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • This is a cold washed process bean, meaning the cherry pulp is washed away from the bean before it’s put in cold storage for 72 hours and then dried.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
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