Example Sentences

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“Any claim that Chief Hoskin condones individuals or organizations claiming Cherokee identity for personal or organizational profit is false.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025

The main objection is that it condones lying.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024

"That's not something this government condones," Mr Calvano says.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2024

The Talmud, a set of commentaries on the Torah, specifically condones ransoming of hostages as a communal responsibility, and many ancient scholars considered being hostage a fate worse than death.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023

Our easy, and on the whole superficial, American temperament condones too many things.

From The Candidate A Political Romance by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)