as in confessed
to express regret for doing or saying something wrong
I want to apologize to you for my rude behavior yesterday. We apologize for the mistake and promise that it won't happen again.
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Recent Examples of apologized
Sarah Ferguson, Andrew’s ex-wife, also apologized to Epstein for publicly denouncing him.
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Oct. 2025
Tagovailoa was harshly criticized for his comments and later apologized, with many questioning the signal-caller's leadership capabilities.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Lorincz apologized at her sentencing Lorincz publicly addressed the shooting for the first time at her sentencing hearing in November 2024.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
His political director quit the two-month-old campaign, and the candidate apologized — but now Platner is taking a rare, risky approach by leaning into the controversy.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Turning to his six adult kids and his 84-year-old mother, Janice, an emotional Combs apologized again.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Duggar then apologized publicly for unspecified behavior and resigned as a lobbyist for the Family Research Council, a conservative Christian group.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
But Jay Jones has apologized earnestly.
—NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
MacCallum noted that Mamdani had apologized to two dozen members of the NYPD, having previously referred to them as racist, wicked and corrupt.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Oct. 2025
Tagovailoa was harshly criticized for his comments and later apologized, with many questioning the signal-caller's leadership capabilities.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Lorincz apologized at her sentencing Lorincz publicly addressed the shooting for the first time at her sentencing hearing in November 2024.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
His political director quit the two-month-old campaign, and the candidate apologized — but now Platner is taking a rare, risky approach by leaning into the controversy.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Turning to his six adult kids and his 84-year-old mother, Janice, an emotional Combs apologized again.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Duggar then apologized publicly for unspecified behavior and resigned as a lobbyist for the Family Research Council, a conservative Christian group.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
But Jay Jones has apologized earnestly.
—NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
MacCallum noted that Mamdani had apologized to two dozen members of the NYPD, having previously referred to them as racist, wicked and corrupt.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apologized
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Masked trio threatens homeowners in horrifying video McGuire said investigators received numerous tips after the story garnered national attention, and later contacted one of the suspects, an adult female, who confessed to her role and that of other family members in the case.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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While being held at Bridgewater State Hospital for psychiatric evaluation, DeSalvo was placed in the same ward as George Nassar, who later claimed DeSalvo had privately confessed to being the Boston Strangler.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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After Politico reported that Young Republicans expressed outrageously racist, misogynistic and anti-Semitic sentiments, Vice President JD Vance excused it as just the edgy chat of young activists.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
19 Oct. 2025
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Most of those that did — Colorado, Kentucky, Oregon, and Utah among them — lack visibility into the reasons for excused versus unexcused absences.—
Eli Cahan,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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The network was about to hire The Daily Show host when a producer Kimmel worked with on the '90s game show Win Ben Stein's Money suggested that the head of the network watch video of him, Kimmel explained Wednesday on the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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Newcastle are level with Everton in big chances created and, as my colleague Chris Waugh explained, have struggled with generating quality opportunities.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Our confidence in him was justified by the People of Argentina.—
Christina Shaw,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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What’s more, many investors expect that higher valuations are justified, especially in tech.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Apologized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apologized. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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