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Discover LudwigThe phrase "actively punishing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone is deliberately enforcing consequences or penalties in a proactive manner.
Example: "The teacher was actively punishing students who broke the rules, ensuring that everyone understood the importance of following them."
Alternatives: "deliberately penalizing" or "intentionally disciplining".
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Instead of doing that, or anything like it, we are actively punishing the victims.
In recent weeks the Chinese government has been actively punishing websites and users that spread "rumors".
It may take voters actively punishing politicians for refusing reforms (as opposed to rewarding politician who support them) to get real reform to happen.
The FTC and other data protection authorities are actively punishing companies who ignore reports of device vulnerabilities from any quarter.
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In Gears, an exposed player is actively punished by the game, as the damage inflicted by enemy bullets and explosives spikes nastily whenever cover is abandoned.
Sandberg, Facebook's COO and the author of Lean In, teams with Wharton professor Grant to describe how women speak less in meetings not only because they are often "manterrupted", but also because, evidence suggests, women are actively punished for making themselves heard.
Organisms may also actively punish noncooperators.
Individuals that fail to call are frequently discovered and, here, actively punished.
Data shows folks that look like me are usually the only ones in the room that aren't viewed negatively or actively punished for voicing concern for others' equity, and I take that privilege seriously.
In the other two environments, we still rewarded one function but actively punished the performance of the other function by reducing an organism's CPU cycles.
Neither China, nor by default Hong Kong are therefore bound by these protocols which recognise the vulnerable status of these women, or actively punish those who take advantage of them by abusing their vulnerable status.
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