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as in relief
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as in extenuation
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palliation
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The congressman says one of his top priorities is passing a new farm bill, which has been tied up in Congress and could provide some relief to local farmers struggling with declining profits.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026 -
Asian currency strength may give some relief to currencies such as the Philippine peso, Indian rupee and Indonesian rupiah that have been weakening.—
Marcus Wong,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Not surprisingly, fellow-travelers on the left criticized Conquest either from a wish to disbelieve the Soviet horrors or from an ideological sympathy that compelled extenuation of them.—
Peter J. Travers,
National Review,
29 Mar. 2022
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Photorealistic traffic environments allow drivers to test displays and assistance features in context.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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The investigation is being led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations under Special Agents in Charge Mark Zito and Jason Todd Stevens, with assistance from the FBI, according to multiple officials briefed on the case.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The organization added that a true sign of atonement from Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, would be to refrain from antisemitism in the future, concluding their statement by wishing him well on his mental health journey.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The term usually applied to this atonement is reconciliation.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
27 Dec. 2025
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And with the support of my community.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Another major addition is support for Connected Apps.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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Butt maintains his innocence, claiming his confession was coerced through torture, and that evidence against him was planted, The Daily Telegraph reported.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Prosecution failures At the center of the misconduct in the Smith case was the prosecution team’s failure to disclose the use of jailhouse informants Jeffrey Platt and Paul Martin to extract a confession from Smith.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
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Under a 50% tariff, a company would have to cut its pre-tax price in equal terms to stay cost-neutral for a buyer—and in furtherance of what?—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Gaines in 2022 had been sentenced to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty in Boston federal court to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
20 Jan. 2026
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Iran has not provided any public acknowledgment of that work.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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That chatter is an acknowledgement of the realities of a BBC session, which requires a band to fit the radio format and blow through their set in under 20 minutes.—
Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Pitchfork,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Palliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palliation. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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