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Re:As Last Module Docks, China Completes Its Space Station by thaumasiotes on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @05:28AM (#33433193)
The phenomenon isn't all that rare. Both senses of "sanction" derive from its original sense of "decree" - you can decree that something is allowed, or that it's not allowed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-antonym lists several similar pairs, in which two contradictory senses developed from one older sense. (Along with many more pairs that are the results of different patterns.)

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Re:As Last Module Docks, China Completes Its Space Station by IshKebab on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @11:13AM (#33437157)
It's pretty rare for it to be ambiguous though. Probably only "table" from that list is also ambiguous. Dust could be from a grammatical point of view but it's always going to be obvious from context what is meant.
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