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Example sentences for: penalize

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Allowances are allocated to each power plant based on 1997 emissions using a formula that does not penalize the "clean" plants that already have a low NOx or SO2 emission rate.
Should we use the tax system to penalize companies that fire workers and reward those that do not?
One plausible reason is that the differences are the result of how states solicit returns, monitor compliance, and penalize failure to file.
(Mainstream conservatives sure aren't complaining about the WTO's power to penalize countries that fail to open their telecommunications to foreign investment.)
In 1995, he and congressional Democrats defeated a House Republican bill to penalize plaintiffs for frivolous lawsuits and to impose "loser pays" rules.