apologized

verb

past tense of apologize
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 Police in Australia have apologized after the family of an 18-year-old hiker missing in dense bushland for eight days was mistakenly informed that she had been found alive. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 Associated Press photo The pressure on Tam mounted Tam said the man apologized twice on July 9, in a note and during a phone call. — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Tam said the man apologized twice on July 9, in a note and during a phone call. — Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 In the second note, the writer claimed Nancy Guthrie had died, been buried, and apologized to her family. — Charlie Carballo, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 Board members Tennessee Walker and Laurie George apologized to speech-language pathologists over April staffing cuts, and Licata pledged a recruitment and retention report within two weeks. — Star-Telegram Staff. Produced With Ai Assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Aug. 2026 The Storm subsequently apologized, and the WNBA fined Keaton an undisclosed amount and suspended her from attending five home games. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026 General manager Ross Atkins, hours after the deadline, apologized to fans for the disappointment on the heels of a World Series appearance. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026 Taylor Farms then claimed the FDA had apologized to it, which the FDA quickly denied. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apologized
  1. confessed
  2. excused
  3. explained
  4. justified
Verb
  • After his arrest, Reut initially confessed to shooting Berezovska on Zhykovych’s orders, according to Ukrainian prosecutors.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The Smoky Pickle is still ironing out kinks, as Lindskoog confessed in his video.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of confessed
Verb
  • Yet Messi himself had been silent until now, after flying to his hometown Rosario in Argentina to attend Jorge’s funeral after he was excused by his current club Inter Miami.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Patrick, who is divorced from Lindsay Clancy and has since remarried, was on the stand to start the day but was excused after emotional direct questioning about the day his children were killed.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 29 July 2026
Definition of excused
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  • But in a conversation with The Athletic, Bass explained that missing the entire 2025 season and undergoing sports hernia surgery taught him to value the entire NFL kicking experience, even the misses that come with such a high-pressure job.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • However, Lai explained that the launcher could, in theory, deliver explosive payloads designed to detonate near a target.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of explained
Verb
  • For example, a model that looked differentiated six months ago becomes a commodity, or a feature that justified a custom build suddenly has multiple vendor alternatives.
    — Abhishek Bahl, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • He's viewed by many as a vigilante whose actions against an unfair health care system were justified.
    — Brian Mann, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of justified

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