sanctions 1 of 2

noun

plural of sanction
as in permissions
the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something you cannot make a student video without your faculty advisor's sanction of its subject matter prior to shooting

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sanctions

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sanction
as in approves
to give official acceptance of as satisfactory the administration will sanction almost any field trip with educational value

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Recent Examples of sanctions
Noun
Yotova is expected to continue Radev's policy of keeping Bulgaria on its European path, while also calling for improved relations with Russia and the lifting of sanctions. — Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026 For Moscow, the route offers an opportunity to redirect energy exports toward Asia as Western sanctions constrain its access to European markets, said industry watchers whom CNBC spoke to. — Lee Ying Shan,matthew Tan, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026 The move, and his later waiving of sanctions, reversed years of American policy and raised alarm in Ukraine and Europe. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026 He was often bashed as the most pro-Russian figure in Europe outside of Belarus and repeatedly refused to institute sanctions. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026 Fearing the effect of secondary sanctions, several foreign companies have also fled the country. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026 Well, Congress just passed with wide bipartisan support Russian sanctions that have been tied up for a number of years in Congress. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 Min Aung Hlaing has faced sanctions but is now trying to project a return to normalcy after holding an election in 2025 and increasing Myanmar’s engagement with its regional neighbors. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 Even to the point of being fined and sanctioned by the European Union courts for refusing to open their gates to unchecked immigration, in Hungary’s case under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, while Poland faced sanctions in 2025. — Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
The bill sanctions Russian financial institutions and its largest state energy projects while targeting Russian partners in the oil and natural gas trade. — Chris Boccia, ABC News, 14 July 2026 For starters the World Cup is run by the same organization, FIFA, which sanctions virtually every level of soccer globally, from the men’s and women’s World Cups, to confederation competitions including the UEFA Championships and the Copa América, to most major age-group tournaments. — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026 An autocratic government that sanctions violence. — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026 But some agricultural organizations that represent them have stressed their businesses will be hurt too if the US sanctions South Africa. — Kate Bartlett, NPR, 10 Nov. 2025 God never sanctions cruelty; love that harms is not love at all. — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanctions
  1. permissions
  2. approves
  3. authorizations
  4. ratifies
  5. consents
  6. confirms
Noun
  • Be cautious about unfamiliar apps with extensive permissions.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, environmental activists have been demanding the cancellation of permissions given to AI data centers in Visakhapatnam, where Google is constructing its $15 billion project.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of permissions
Verb
  • The committee will dissolve once the board approves a new superintendent’s contract.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The gas station will also need an operating permit from the Placer County Air Pollution Control District, which reviews and approves the health risk assessment.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of approves
Noun
  • Prior to the first Certificate of Occupancy, the applicant will be required to obtain all required permits, approvals, and authorizations from the Florida Department of Transportation for improvements impacting Sunrise Boulevard.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
  • General guidance from the federal government states that HIPAA authorizations do not need to be notarized.
    — Alex Rosenblat — CalMatters, STAT, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of authorizations
Verb
  • Instead, party task forces (known as work teams) are mobilized to draft the verdict, colleagues from their workplace endorse it, and then a committee at a higher level of administration ratifies it.
    — ANDREW MERTHA, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The private sector’s role is to build the commercial reality that policy later ratifies.
    — Hany Naeem, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of ratifies
Noun
  • For those with an eye on the future and a mindset of settlement and creating homes for others, planning and consents are in place for 400 new beachfront properties.
    — Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • This means cost-sharing for stormwater improvements will continue to be structured by the 83/17 split for decades to come – unless GLWA consents to renegotiating the deal.
    — Nicole Van Lier, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
Definition of consents
Verb
  • According to a news release, a new agreement confirms that the UG and Wyandotte County Board of Public Utilities (BPU) will keep jurisdiction over all ancillary development surrounding the stadium.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The Wrap confirms that a fifth installment in the Disney Channel Original Movie franchise is on the way.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
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“Sanctions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanctions. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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