as in excuse
an explanation that frees one from fault or blame
her standard apology for her chronic tardiness is the ever-present congestion on the highways
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Recent Examples of apology
The review comes out in 1983 just as The Witches nears publication and a lunch is convened with his ex-mistress, new girlfriend and his British book publisher and sales director at his American publisher, who push him to make an apology.
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Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Set across a single afternoon at Dahl’s family home, the play centers on an explosive confrontation that forces the author to choose between making a public apology or risking his reputation.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Colts fans lashed out at the Indianapolis team, as well, and The Cincinnati Enquirer ran an indignant letter to the editor demanding an apology from the Bengals owner for failing to recognize Kirk and pledging to boycott until then.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
Invariably, Ali would renege on his apologies.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
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Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Set across a single afternoon at Dahl’s family home, the play centers on an explosive confrontation that forces the author to choose between making a public apology or risking his reputation.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Colts fans lashed out at the Indianapolis team, as well, and The Cincinnati Enquirer ran an indignant letter to the editor demanding an apology from the Bengals owner for failing to recognize Kirk and pledging to boycott until then.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
Invariably, Ali would renege on his apologies.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apology
Noun
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Not an excuse, but definitely a factor, from what I was told, in what turned into a sluggish showing on both sides of the ball.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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There isn’t an excuse anymore that an AI maker has nothing available to provide AI ethics guidance.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Their justification for taking action on Wednesday evening closely mirrored Carr’s own comments earlier in the day.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
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In one email reviewed by USA TODAY, a CDC employee was informed that their reasonable telework accommodation request had been withdrawn with no further explanation or justification in the middle of the night, giving them fewer than eight hours of notice before the next workday began.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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Republicans argued this, and not pressure from Carr, was the reason behind ABC’s decision to bench Kimmel.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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However, GPUs will remain one of the best solutions for both AI training and AI inference processing for two key reasons, which Nvidia is building upon with the Rubin CPX announcement.—
Jim McGregor,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Apology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apology. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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