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atoning

verb

present participle of atone

as in confessing

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The second season of the Netflix hit ended on a cliffhanger with Jackie (Rodriguez) and Cole (LaLonde) finally confessing their feelings for each other, but Cole’s brother — and Jackie’s boyfriend — Alex (Gentry) hears the confession.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
During her trial, prosecutors played a recording of Yang confessing to Reuter's murder to a friend who was wearing a wire.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 29 June 2026

Definition of confessing

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Wealthy merchants, landowners and even religious leaders enjoyed having nice things in their homes and stopped apologizing for them.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
If your team is constantly apologizing to customers, missing deliverables or running on fumes, growth has outpaced your foundation.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of apologizing

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Part of that is the team’s fault, as Boone and Cashman have spent much of his career staunchly defending and excusing the former first-round pick’s poor play.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026
The royal mom also asked to see a poem that Ejran wrote, before excusing herself to continue her tour.

— Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026

Definition of excusing

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The overnight removal and replacement of the panels, steps from Independence Hall, sparked outrage from Philadelphia officials and activists who say federal authorities are whitewashing the city’s history of slavery.

— Corey Williams, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Clark accused some board members of whitewashing history after Young amended the curriculum to remove one definition of slavery for third-graders, citing redundancy.

— Rachel Royster. Produced with AI assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026

Definition of whitewashing

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In 1994, a stipulation was added to allow a team to petition the Commissioner for permission to have players’ names put on the Stanley Cup if extenuating circumstances prevented them from being available to play.

— Sean Gentille, New York Times, 10 July 2026
But, generally, only one property can be claimed, unless there are extenuating circumstances.

— Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 30 June 2026

Definition of extenuating

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Kennedy made the changes unilaterally rather than going through a panel of experts, as has long been standard, and Spear wrote the accompanying report justifying the changes, according to three people familiar with the process.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
These figures are considerable for a hardware enterprise, justifying a high valuation.

— Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of justifying

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