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Example sentences for: punitive

How can you use “punitive” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The 1996 platform goes on to say, "we have only compassion" for women who procure abortions and "our pro-life agenda does not include punitive action" against them.
Also that year, the president delighted plaintiffs' lawyers by vetoing a bill to limit punitive damages in product liability cases.
Because today's punitive tax system means you pay disproportionately more the richer you are, simply moving to an equal system inevitably gives a break to the rich.
The Wall Street Journal front-page news box and the LAT front report that a California jury has ordered the insurance company Aetna to pay $116 million in punitive damages for refusing to cover an experimental treatment for a patient who later died.
• Eliminate punitive consequences to obtain accurate reporting;