as in making amends for
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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To hear health systems tell the story, artificial intelligence tools like ambient scribes are helping not only reduce doctor burnout, but also increasing payments from insurers that haven’t been compensating them properly.—
Brittany Trang,
STAT,
8 Apr. 2026 -
Limited mid-back mobility and a stiff rib cage push the neck and upper-back muscles to work overtime during reaching and overhead movements, with the lower back compensating during any type of rotating.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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There were redeeming factors, though.—
Rachel Brodsky,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2026
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Its trip-planning aspects overlap somewhat with those of this new main MTA app, but TrainTime is largely geared toward buying and redeeming tickets and will continue to be so for a while.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
25 Mar. 2026
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The charges stem from a $695,000 PPP loan the club allegedly took out in early 2020 and later sought and received forgiveness rather than repaying the federal government.—
Karl Hille,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Apr. 2026
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Instead of repaying the loans, borrowers just gave their properties to the bank, which sold them to other banks at a paper profit, according to Namazi.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
23 Mar. 2026
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Instead of correcting the errors and letting voters decide again, the council imposed higher fees anyway, including automatic increases.—
Mark Powell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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The Nuggets have won six games involving clutch time during the streak, correcting a trend of fourth-quarter execution issues.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Atoning (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atoning%20%28for%29. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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