Sanction is an English word with synonyms like authorization or authorise. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Sanction in a sentence
Related words
Sanction meaning
- An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
- A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.
- A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying any of the above.
Synonyms of Sanction
Using Sanction
- The main meaning on this page is: An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid. | A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body. | A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying any of the above.
- Useful related words include: authorization, authorise, authorize, okay.
- In the example corpus, sanction often appears in combinations such as: to sanction, the sanction, sanction to.
Context around Sanction
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sanction
- In this selection, "sanction" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, same, sought, further, nyesom, chinese and assad stand out and add context to how "sanction" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include administration to sanction chinese companies and attempts to sanction assad at. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sanction" sits close to words such as atm, believers and butcher, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sanction
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
You sanction one of them, you sanction all of them. (10 words)
He said economic sanction could be deployed should dialogue fails. (10 words)
If intentional, the group “will consider what sanction” to recommend. (10 words)
Few will have disagreed with the comments ahead of the opening game of the season by Thelwell, who wrote of his commitment to only sanction the release of scant funds if Everton were confident a move held real value. (39 words)
Based on a 2017 Income Tax raid on Shivakumar's offices and a subsequent probe by the Enforcement Directorate, the CBI had sought sanction to investigate the case, which involved alleged disproportionate assets of Rs 74.9 crore. (38 words)
Despite repeatedly breaking the rules, it is likely Mr Johnson will get away with a slap on the wrists as the toothless body does not have the power to sanction former ministers who do not follow its advice. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
You sanction one of them, you sanction all of them.
According to Olusola, the failure of the PDP leadership to sanction Nyesom Wike, the former governor of and now minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), adding that his anti-party activities is dividing the party.
A division bench of Justice A.S. Gadkari and Justice Prakash D. Naik also upheld the verdict of a lower court and rejected Purohit's claim that a sanction was required to prosecute him in the case.
Afghanistan's National Olympic Committee was suspended by the IOC from 1999 to 2003, although has thus far avoided the same sanction.
And other than six senior players who were released at the end of their contracts, are yet to sanction any significant departures since the transfer window opened last month.
Another bill would allow the Biden administration to sanction Chinese companies that transfer sensitive personal data.
Based on a 2017 Income Tax raid on Shivakumar's offices and a subsequent probe by the Enforcement Directorate, the CBI had sought sanction to investigate the case, which involved alleged disproportionate assets of Rs 74.9 crore.
China and Russia blocked attempts to sanction Assad at the UN Security Council, prompting the US and European Union to impose unilateral restrictions against him, his government and his supporters.
Conservative whips told MPs there would be no sanction for missing the vote on whether to approve the damning findings of the Commons privileges committee against Mr Johnson.
Despite repeatedly breaking the rules, it is likely Mr Johnson will get away with a slap on the wrists as the toothless body does not have the power to sanction former ministers who do not follow its advice.
Few will have disagreed with the comments ahead of the opening game of the season by Thelwell, who wrote of his commitment to only sanction the release of scant funds if Everton were confident a move held real value.
Gallagher, who was linked with a move to Anfield earlier this year, is said to be on the market for £40m, with the Stamford Bridge outfit said to be ready to sanction a deal in January.
He and opposing coaches Ricky Stuart and Kevin Walters all stressed the contact was accidental, and it was announced on Sunday he will face no further sanction from the Match Review Committee.
He noted that the state government would deal decisively or sanction any filling station not dispensing its allocation and selling above the stipulated approved pump prices of petrol in the state.
He said economic sanction could be deployed should dialogue fails.
He wants the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to sanction such lawyers.
However, any sanction would need to be approved by the Commons for it to take effect.
If intentional, the group “will consider what sanction” to recommend.
In Canada, incarceration of children is considered a last resort, whereas Israel’s military court system considers prison sentences the default sanction to punish Palestinian children.
In June, Santos took to his social media page to express regret for his past actions, apologised to the Dominican society, and remarked that he would "fully respect" the AIU's final sanction.
Common combinations with sanction
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to sanction 49×
- the sanction 21×
- sanction to 13×
- and sanction 12×
- sanction for 11×
- sanction the 11×
- sanction and 7×
- sanction of 6×
- not sanction 5×
- for sanction 4×