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as in exonerated
to free from a charge of wrongdoing
acquitted of the robbery charge after proving he was nowhere near the scene of the crime
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to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way
the king promised handsome rewards to all who acquitted themselves well in the battle
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Recent Examples of acquitted
ABC News,
30 June 2026
Babeuf was betrayed by an informant, put on trial in 1797, and eventually acquitted of conspiracy, but he was executed for committing his ideas about inequality to print.
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Ann Manov,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
He was acquitted of first-degree murder by the jury in Anchorage, Alaska, and appeared emotionless when the verdict was announced, the outlets reported.
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Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Houck was later acquitted on federal charges that critics described as politically motivated.
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Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
30 June 2026
The case proceeded to trial, where a jury acquitted Fogacavalenteneto of the felony charges that formed the basis of the original allegations.
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Mauricio Maldonado,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
In 1949 he was arrested for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter but was acquitted.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 June 2026
Though acquitted of murder, Simpson later was found liable for the deaths in a separate civil case.
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John Wawrow,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
The officer in that case was acquitted of criminal charges and found justified in his use of force by a review board.
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Travis Loller,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2026
Verb
In a dissenting opinion, a member of the panel, Andi Saputra, argued that there was not enough evidence and Marakim should be acquitted.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
Babeuf was betrayed by an informant, put on trial in 1797, and eventually acquitted of conspiracy, but he was executed for committing his ideas about inequality to print.
—
Ann Manov,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
He was acquitted of first-degree murder by the jury in Anchorage, Alaska, and appeared emotionless when the verdict was announced, the outlets reported.
—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Houck was later acquitted on federal charges that critics described as politically motivated.
—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
30 June 2026
The case proceeded to trial, where a jury acquitted Fogacavalenteneto of the felony charges that formed the basis of the original allegations.
—
Mauricio Maldonado,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
In 1949 he was arrested for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter but was acquitted.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 June 2026
Though acquitted of murder, Simpson later was found liable for the deaths in a separate civil case.
—
John Wawrow,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
The officer in that case was acquitted of criminal charges and found justified in his use of force by a review board.
—
Travis Loller,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquitted
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Not all pads are alike, but a footprint on the larger side involves five to ten acres of cleared, packed ground that serves as the hub for drilling equipment, which can include wellheads, pump jacks, tanks, wastewater storage pits, trailers, and flare stacks.
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What counts as a cleared sidewalk?
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Drake’s team usually scrounged up the clues that later exonerated Mason’s clients.
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Levine said internet protocol records, which include the geographic location of an internet user, would have exonerated him.
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And the institutions built on treating people as averages started to lag behind a reality that no longer behaved that way.
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What matters most is that the E3800LFP consistently behaved like a serious backup platform throughout testing.
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Keith is absolved of any wrongdoing in the episode and is allowed to keep being a cop.
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The incident was under review, but previous reviews have almost invariably absolved Israeli troops of blame.
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Fujimori’s presidency marks a return of her family’s political brand to Peru’s highest office — a movement that has long carried a complicated relationship with the United States.
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Since relocating to Los Angeles, Gonzalez’s small downtown team has scaled Happy Organics into a design-forward brand carried by major retailers, anchored in local maker communities and a sense of purpose.
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Wilson lost the fight over state equality in the Senate, but more than a century later, he would be vindicated on the issue of direct congressional elections with the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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And yes, despite having a chance at Sergei Bobrovsky at the trade deadline — the original asking price was a first-round pick, which Carolina would have never paid — Tulsky was vindicated in the end.
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The project also included heavy-ion radiation testing conducted by NASA to evaluate the platform’s resilience for orbital and lunar missions.
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The commander of the NC13 strike UGV company in the 3rd Assault Brigade told the Ukrainian outlet Militarnyi in December that his unit has already conducted offensive operations using multiple armed robots simultaneously.
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The Los Angeles Fire Department’s hazardous material team also tested for ammonia, which is used in refrigeration, and hydrogen fluoride, a toxic chemical that could be released by burning lithium-ion batteries and solar panels.
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In a new report released Wednesday, the university highlighted higher than average earnings, accelerated social mobility and declining student debt for its graduates.
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