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Example sentences for: sanctioning

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The organizations had both formal and informal means of encouraging compliance and sanctioning violators.
Plus, the reader has to wait to the sixth paragraph to learn that Davis also wouldn't commit to signing a bill sanctioning gay marriage, while both Checchi and Harman would do that.
Testing helps assess progress, but legislatures are mandating that kids be held back for failing, and some states are sanctioning schools for low scores.