sanction

In a sentence

Six example sentences with sanction, each labelled with its topic.

• The league refused to sanction the exhibition tour, so the players could not wear team uniforms during it.

  Basketball

• The city council voted to sanction the tower, granting the permits that had been withheld for almost three years.

  Architecture

• The academy agreed to sanction the expedition, lending its name and its research vessel to the young team.

  Science

• The judge agreed to sanction the settlement, and the payments to the tenants began the following month.

  Law

• Parliament voted to sanction the new border crossing, ending a decade in which traders had to detour two hundred miles.

  Politics

• The composer's estate would not sanction the remix, so the DJ released the track with a different melody.

  Music

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