as in condemnation
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Recent Examples of reprehension
Putin is a formidable opponent who is worthy of reprehension.
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Arkansas Online, 17 June 2021
Arkansas Online, 17 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprehension
Noun
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Carr has multiple probes in progress, and his investigation into CBS over the editing of an interview with Kamala Harris has drawn condemnations from both liberal and conservative advocacy groups that describe it as a threat to the Constitutional right to free speech.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2025
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The politically explosive ruling drew condemnation from her right-wing allies in Europe and across the Atlantic.—
Caitlin Danaher,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2025
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The commissioners held an executive session Monday, an hour before the district sent an email with the Tuesday censure agenda item.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Apr. 2025
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Out of the privation, the challenge, and the censure of slavery and the unfulfilled promise of post-Reconstruction justice, Black musicians embraced experimentation and innovation, ingenuity and joy, and a multigenerational call and response speaking truth to power that endures to the present day.—
Elizabeth Alexander,
Time,
1 Apr. 2025
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The messaging also included criticism of U.S. policy that echoed China's public statements.—
Beijing and Washington Bureaus,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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In both cases, the criticism is not completely superficial.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This one is both meaner-spirited and clumsier, as Brooker grafts his prank call coming from inside the house onto a denunciation of one of the planet’s profoundest manmade evils: the health-care industry.—
Charles Bramesco,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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The National Museum of African American History and Culture—which, until recently, was run by The New Yorker’s poetry editor, Kevin Young—comes in for particularly splenetic denunciation.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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President Alejandro Giammattei was deeply unpopular at home, but other than occasional statements of reprobation from the United States and Europe, had managed to consolidate his control of the justice system with little consequence.—
Sonia Pérez D. and Christopher Sherman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
14 July 2023
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Fast forward a few years, and reprobation of Walmart’s sharp tactics has faded.—
Marc Levinson,
WSJ,
7 Mar. 2021
Noun
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Once-proud Tesla owners are struggling to ditch their vehicles to escape the social opprobrium associated with Musk’s role in the Department of Government Efficiency, according to the New York Times.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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But his tantrum was matched in its immaturity by the Democrats who had glued lollipop signs with various messages of opprobrium on popsicle sticks.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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Samira earns praise from patients and reproach from Robby.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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To such people, Hood shows viscerally how the idea of the perfect victim, beyond reproach or doubt, is a fantasy.—
Bekah Waalkes,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Reprehension.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprehension. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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