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lectured

verb

past tense of lecture

as in scolded

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings the frustrated manager lectured the waitstaff about its poor level of service

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as in spoke

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject a physician who has lectured before countless audiences on the importance of diet and exercise in avoiding heart disease

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Recent Examples of lectured Earhart lectured at the school before embarking on her final flight. — News Editor, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Luann patiently attempts to explain that the women don’t like being lectured to about their business affairs, only for Vicki to abruptly answer a phone call mid-conversation. — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026 We’re also lectured early on that Cole is a chess master, but his alleged intelligence never pays off. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 None of that made it into the discussion before Wilder lectured the girls about how to think. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Parsipur taught at Brown University in the early 2000s and lectured internationally throughout the ensuing decades. — News Desk, Artforum, 13 July 2026 Sharon is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, an Honorary Member of the UK Association of Jungian Analysts, and has taught and lectured at many academic institutions, Jungian organisations, retreat centres and cultural festivals around the world. — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 It was also being lectured by people who presented a formulaic perspective on a complicated future that the class of 2026 is already navigating. — Ann Kirschner, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 For years, states such as New York and California have been run by politicians who seem to believe prosperity is permanent — an endless resource to be taxed a little more, regulated a little harder and lectured a little longer. — Larry Clifton, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026

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District of Columbia Judge Ana Reyes angrily scolded government attorneys in a hearing to block the government from cutting down more trees at East Potomac Golf Course.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Eventually, all charges were dropped days before trial after Perry was finally given the full, unredacted grand jury transcripts and scolded prosecutors for violating the inherent trust placed in the office.

— Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

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The night before our spaghetti dinner, Caleb sat me down by the cabin’s large, whirling fireplace and talked to me about meatballs for two hours.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
In a follow-up phone interview, Collins talked further about the toll taken.

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026

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Mandell was later formally reprimanded for allowing another client’s hearing to be delayed by six years, during which time two witnesses died.

— Samantha Melamed, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026
The Denver school board censured director Monica Hunter on Thursday night, the third time in five years that the governing body of Colorado’s largest K-12 district has publicly reprimanded a colleague.

— Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of reprimanded

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