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as in controlled
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as in manageable
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as in chaste
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as in punished
to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime
the pranksters were severely disciplined for their irresponsible stunt
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Recent Examples of disciplined
Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
The defense must be more disciplined with its run fits and improve tackling, but Lake’s physicality and tackling will give them a boost.
—Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Hospital management has disciplined more than a dozen union leaders for exercising our right to talk to colleagues about our union and our right to speak about workplace violence in the press.
—Donovan Carey, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
But as things stand, even the most disciplined and dedicated policy makers in China may struggle to compete with the wealth, expertise, and experience of America’s private tech sector.
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The group remained notably disciplined in its narrow messaging and persistent criticism of Johnson.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for disciplined
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Not in an overly aggressive way, just pretty controlled, moving the ball around.—
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This concentration of energy creates a tiny, controlled burn that interrupts the faulty circuit causing the tremor.—
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This redundancy ensures that the aircraft remains manageable even during a partial system failure.—
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The Chargers need to be effective on third down — need to stay in third-and-manageable — to keep drives alive and keep that Patriots defense on the field.—
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The best time to prune chaste tree is in late winter.—
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Chihiro and Hiruhiko were engaging in the sort of passionate but chaste dude-bro melodrama that takes place only in shōnen manga.—
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This was a creditable Arsenal performance, punctuated — and punished — by two uncharacteristic defensive lapses.—
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Man City won 3-1 against one of the season’s black horses in the EPL, Bournemouth, and punished Dortmund 4-1 in Champions League play.—
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Flanagan stars as Betty, a proud but emotionally restrained mother struggling with her daughter’s return, while Crowley plays Áine’s father Seamus.—
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The year 2025 saw high levels of deadly violence around the world, as conflicts grew less restrained, with civilians increasingly victims of attacks by governments and non-state actors alike, according to monitoring data.—
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In 1807, the Harmonists took a vow to remain celibate, which required them to build more community houses as the number of unwed society members grew.—
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And Shakers are celibate – one of the practices that most startled their neighbors in 18th- and 19th-century America.—
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Which, in other words, means he will be utterly subservient to whatever the president wants.—
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Some criticized the image for promoting a regressive characterization of a subservient woman.—
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What alerted them to her location wasn’t footprints or a cell phone ping, however, but rather the sounds of her steadfast pup, Cami.—
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The year-on-year increases at each major are more modest, usually between 10 and 12 percent, but that percentage of tournament revenue remains steadfast, if not entirely immovable.—
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“Disciplined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disciplined. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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