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'tangible punishment' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a punishment that a person can physically feel the effects of, such as corporal punishment or having one's phone privileges taken away. For example: Darren's parents gave him a tangible punishment for staying out past his curfew - they took away his phone for two weeks.
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"That's a real tangible punishment for companies if they come across an attack and they aren't adequately protected," says Rajab.
A closely related idea is that violations of convention elicit some kind of sanction, such as tangible punishment or, more commonly, negative reactive attitudes.
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Perhaps the most common approach to influencing behavior is the use of direct tangible incentives, e.g., externally imposed rewards or punishments ('carrots and sticks').
Because of the subjective nature of what constitutes a cruel or unusual punishment and the clear, direct, and tangible losses of liberty and even life associated with it, challenges to statutes on Eighth Amendment grounds are plentiful, and the ideological complexion of the Supreme Court has influenced what it will or will not permit.
This fear was most tangible among the deliberately vaccinating parents who feared immediate punishment.
Tangible support.
Something tangible.
I like the tangible.
Others are more tangible.
The stress is tangible.
"It is pretty tangible.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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