Word of the Day: admonish

The word admonish has appeared in 16 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on April 13 in “Michael Jordan Was an Activist After All” by Harvey Araton:

Jordan played his final N.B.A. game on April 16, 2003, scoring 15 points in a 20-point defeat in Philadelphia. That season, with him turning 40 in February and dealing with a knee that Thomas remembered could swell like a grapefruit, Jordan averaged a modest (for him) 20 points per game. He played 37 minutes a night and in all 82 games‌ — part of a legacy that should admonish, if not embarrass, today’s load-managed N.B.A. elite.

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