as in to apologize
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Recent Examples of atone
And the Lakers, who were embarrassed by the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of their best-of-seven series on Saturday, atoned for that atrocity Tuesday night – atoned enough, anyway, to send the series to Minneapolis tied, 1-1.
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Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2025
May, too, is trying to atone for her past mistakes, however clunkily.
—Lindsey Bahr, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2025
Since the 1990s, groups of survivors have asked European railway companies to acknowledge and atone for their critical role – a reminder that war, genocide and other atrocities cannot occur without corporate participation.
—Sarah Federman, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
The last WrestleMania Vegas—WrestleMania IX at Caesars Palace—gave WWE one of its greatest WrestleMania set designs to atone for arguably its worst WrestleMania.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2025
May, too, is trying to atone for her past mistakes, however clunkily.
—Lindsey Bahr, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2025
Since the 1990s, groups of survivors have asked European railway companies to acknowledge and atone for their critical role – a reminder that war, genocide and other atrocities cannot occur without corporate participation.
—Sarah Federman, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
The last WrestleMania Vegas—WrestleMania IX at Caesars Palace—gave WWE one of its greatest WrestleMania set designs to atone for arguably its worst WrestleMania.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atone
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Among other things, Cruise apologized to Lauer and went to Shields’s home to express his regrets, Masters said.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
16 May 2025
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The woman started apologizing, but Amy didn’t stick around to hear it.—
Melissa Dahl,
Curbed,
15 May 2025
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Eddie Cicotte Another member of the disgraced 1919 White Sox, Cicotte confessed to participating in the scheme to fix the World Series.—
Matt Moret,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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In 1989, Erik confessed to his psychologist, whose mistress later reported it to the police.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
14 May 2025
Verb
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Radiation can also be used to palliate painful bone metastases, as well as chemotherapy.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
1 Oct. 2024
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Radiation can also be used to palliate painful bone metastases, as well as chemotherapy.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
1 Oct. 2024
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Cook County Judge Angela Petrone ordered the juror, who appeared to recover, excused and subbed in one of the alternates.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Without excusing Weinstein’s thuggish qualities for a second, Evans was never the physical caricature of the studio exec.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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The moss brings a splash of color that maintains a sophisticated and minimalist quality, while keeping a space from becoming whitewashed.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
14 May 2025
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Qatar, where women have to get permission from their male guardians to do things like go to college, and where a non-zero number of their nationals have been sanctioned by our government for their ties to ISIS and Qaeda terror financing, has been trying to whitewash its reputation for a while.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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Some were concerned the data was being used to justify efforts to combat climate change, although the rising cost of weather disasters is due to more than just global warming.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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This would effectively challenge pharmaceutical companies to justify their pricing to America, leading to equitable pricing.—
Omer Awan,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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And with that creative thinking comes questioning everything and rationalizing why things are done the way they are done.—
Maria Ross,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Trying to rationalize something with a teenager is different than trying to rationalize something with one of his cohorts.—
Ashley Boucher,
EW.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Atone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atone. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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