alibiing

present participle of alibi

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Verb
  • This time, rationalizing the medical results was impossible.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Boards under pressure for growth routinely make the wrong choice—rationalizing the damage as a problem for their successors.
    Andrew King, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The sheriff rebutted these calls by explaining that due to the executive order signed by Braun in January and related directives from Attorney General Todd Rokita, he was forced to comply with federal immigration efforts.
    Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
  • And politicians often use them as a way of explaining why things are going in a wrong direction, instead of taking responsibility for whatever goes wrong, or simply to raise fear.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Alibiing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alibiing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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