exculpatory

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Recent Examples of exculpatory The petition further accuses prosecutors of withholding exculpatory material, including internal FBI notes, grand jury records and information about Epstein’s properties and financial transactions. Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025 During the trials, according to a Board of Bar Overseers report, the prosecutors were engaging in misconduct that included withholding exculpatory evidence and demonstrating racial bias against the defendant in emails. Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 29 Sep. 2025 An officer at the Gaston County Police Department received an exculpatory statement — but never disclosed it, according to the suit. Ryan Oehrli august 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2025 Other human factors contribute to wrongful imprisonment, and exculpatory DNA is not present in most cases. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exculpatory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exculpatory
Adjective
  • The only significant difference is that the Rays have concentrated on a smaller group of players in terms of meetings (including with family and personal coaches), attending games and workouts, and doing deep analytical dives.
    Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2026
  • The paper, which is a collaborative effort between the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the Latin America and Caribbean Circular Economy Coalition, was designed to lay the analytical foundation for changes at both the policy and market level of global material production.
    Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 15 June 2026
Adjective
  • But by the boulder the real action was social and discursive.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • The temporary and discursive structure allowed global visibility without institutional permanence.
    Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Now the castle is in ruins (though with explanatory signage), with hiking paths, a museum, and a 1,200-foot pedestrian suspension bridge that sways 300 feet above the valley floor.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2026
  • The strangest glitch was the way the supposedly reddish color of the opening and closing words of Blade Runner 2049’s opening explanatory text took on a distinctly brown tone.
    John Archer, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Adjective
  • Walking through the exhibit, visitors can read interpretive panels detailing the lives of key figures in Yuba-Sutter’s Black history.
    Velvet Wu June 16, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
  • His father worked at the fort in its early years, and Medina himself spent three seasons repairing its adobe walls before joining the interpretive staff.
    Kevin Strong, CBS News, 15 June 2026

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“Exculpatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exculpatory. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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