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Recent Examples of atone
This should be more of a business trip for the youngster — though he could be motivated by wanting to atone for last season’s poor showing.
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Eric Stephens, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
However, the actual volumes added have been smaller than advertised as some countries physically struggle to increase, and others atone for earlier overproduction.
—Grant Smith, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2026
Research tells us that New Year’s resolutions, a popular noncontractual commitment, began over 3,000 years ago in Babylonian culture and shortly after in other cultures as a way, in general, to atone for questionable practices and/or debt.
—Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
Carolina will need Moehrig to atone for his San Francisco sin by smashing (legally) the Saints (3-10) on the road.
—Mike Kaye
december 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Dec. 2025
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Eric Stephens, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
However, the actual volumes added have been smaller than advertised as some countries physically struggle to increase, and others atone for earlier overproduction.
—Grant Smith, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2026
Research tells us that New Year’s resolutions, a popular noncontractual commitment, began over 3,000 years ago in Babylonian culture and shortly after in other cultures as a way, in general, to atone for questionable practices and/or debt.
—Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
Carolina will need Moehrig to atone for his San Francisco sin by smashing (legally) the Saints (3-10) on the road.
—Mike Kaye
december 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atone
Verb
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Nacua apologized, and the Rams and the NFL issued statements condemning antisemitism and discrimination.—
Los Angeles Times staff,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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The man seemingly pushed the phone out of his face before apologizing.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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He was arrested at the home and later confessed to killing Eric, a student at Florida International University.—
March 30,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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In opening statements, prosecutors laid out the details of the attack and said Gerhardt Konig confessed to his 19-year-old son in a FaceTime conversation.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Radiation can also be used to palliate painful bone metastases, as well as chemotherapy.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
1 Oct. 2024
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Senior-home avatars who are designed to palliate dementia patients in their darkest days.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
12 Apr. 2024
Verb
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And historians can talk about the Versailles treaty causing resentment in Germany, which led to the rise of Nazism in World War II, and that’s fine; that’s not excusing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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No grievance, no workplace conflict, no personal resentment ever excuses violence.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Our museums are being told to whitewash American history of any unpleasant or inconvenient facts, like the full history of the brutality of slavery.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2026
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The island’s whitewashed, clifftop village offers romantic views of the Aegean Sea, and a steep, zig-zagging path climbs up the hillside to a church.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
23 Mar. 2026
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Policies were justified not with reference to morality or metaphysics but with citations of white papers.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Conflicts abroad, such as in Iran, that may disrupt domestic oil resources could also be used as an argument to justify the need to drill, Sivas said.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Of those seven losses, setbacks against Dallas and Chicago (while both were still trying to win) and Milwaukee could at least be rationalized.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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At the same time, the government hasn’t offered a steady enough flow of contracts to rationalize scaling for some of these businesses.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Atone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atone. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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