as in to compensate
to make up for (an offense)
tried to atone for forgetting their anniversary by giving his wife a truly extravagant gift
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McClatchy is compensated as a part of our syndication partnership with TMX.—
Tracy Yochum,
Miami Herald,
4 May 2026 -
Landlords said rental assistance never fully compensated them for their losses, contending programs were often mired in red tape and poorly run.—
Michael Casey,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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Loyalty members have an extended offer and can redeem the deal until Friday, May 10.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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This bonus offer will be fulfilled as 20,000 ThankYou® Points, which can be redeemed for $200 cash back.—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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Instead, the funds from a reverse mortgage will only need to be repaid when the home is sold or when the homeowner dies.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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Their lawsuit seeks to end the Educational Freedom Account program and force recipients to repay the funds.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 May 2026
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Meanwhile, Beijing has recognized its historical weakness in basic science and has moved aggressively to correct it.—
Imran Khalid,
Twin Cities,
7 May 2026
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The company has tried for several weeks to correct the information with no luck.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
7 May 2026
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Larded throughout this scene is that unmistakable suggestion, yet again, that the play exists because its playwright needed — if not to right a cosmic wrong — to create a place to house or expiate his grief.—
Rhoda Feng,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Sisters have come a long way, but never strayed from their mission: to promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2023
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“Atone (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atone%20%28for%29. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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