Example Sentences

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There isn’t clear data that shows how holistic alternatives to harsh penalization have influenced incarceration rates.

From Washington Times • Aug. 20, 2023

Are we capable of getting past our love affair with penalization and accepting what science is telling us?

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023

Other research shows how facilities may exploit a Clean Air Act provision to avoid penalization by claiming any excess emissions — above what their EPA permit allows — were unintended.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2022

Others added more recently have seen a drop in cases and positivity rates and have expressed frustration that the state’s mistake led to an extended penalization at the county level.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2020

Hence the crudely ineffective idea of penalization as a preventive.

From Habits that Handicap The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy by Towns, Charles B.