as in to compensate
to make up for (an offense)
tried to atone for forgetting their anniversary by giving his wife a truly extravagant gift
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If your core isn’t doing its job, other muscles have to try and compensate.—
Danielle Zickl,
SELF,
24 Apr. 2025 -
In the early going, good starting pitching and an explosive offense have compensated for some of the bullpen issues.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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Andaz Miami Beach is one of the best ways to redeem Hyatt points in the Sunshine State.—
Chris Dong,
AFAR Media,
24 Apr. 2025
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As part of Thursday’s update, Coinbase users will also be able to redeem their PYUSD for dollars directly on the Coinbase platform, mirroring a USDC capability.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2025
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The rest of the £637m refinancing was a £112m loan from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA), of which £50m has since been repaid.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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The quickest, but hardest, is to repay the loans in full.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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The images, which claim to show images of the iPhone 17 Pro in four different cases were labelled iPhone 16 Pro in the first post, but later corrected.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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If the person does not correct the behavior, Whitmore suggested alerting a flight attendant.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The Sisters have come a long way, but never strayed from their mission: to promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2023
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But now Epstein, 49, is wearing a different hat, and hoping to expiate his unintended sins against a sport that has been his lifelong passion.—
David Axelrod,
CNN,
1 Apr. 2023
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“Atone (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atone%20%28for%29. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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