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Example sentences for: punitive

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The same could be said for the unattractively punitive features of the 1996 welfare reform.
Actual and punitive damages could top $1 billion.
And to show just how fast Japan’s new rulers were catching on, two punitive expeditions were launched against Korea and China in the grand manner of 19th-century gunboat diplomacy.
Other than the FDA provision, these were all voluntary agreements on the part of the industry, which made them in exchange for protection against class action suits and punitive liability.
20 Rather than viewing service area reconfiguration as a punitive measure against under-performing programs currently receiving federal funds, LSC instead considers statewide reconfiguration to be one of several tools to ensure that federal dollars are being spent in the most efficient, cost-effective manner possible, in a way that will result in the best service to the most low-income clients.