censure
noun
strong or vehement expression of disapproval.
has censured
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present perfectof censure (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The House has censured 25 lawmakers in the more than two-century history of Congress.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
The House has censured members just 24 times in the chamber’s history, and typically only after a finding of wrongdoing.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
The House has censured its members on 23 occasions.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
The General Assembly has censured just one other member in modern times, in 1987.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2021
No one has censured thy discourse, nor contradicts it, as many as are the Greeks; but thou comest not to an end of discussion.
From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Theodore Alois Buckley
