Thesaurus results for ATONING (FOR)

atoning (for)

verb

present participle of atone (for)

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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For decades, the system has demanded toughness in exactly the wrong places, tolerating dysfunctional technology, absorbing endless documentation, and compensating for broken workflows.

— Frantz M. Berthaud, STAT, 7 July 2026
The most obvious concession is compensating Cubans and Americans whose assets were confiscated during the revolution.

— Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026

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Better yet, redeeming the full $100 Chase Travel hotel credit can offset the card's $95 annual fee on its own.

— Ryley Amond, CNBC, 16 July 2026
All three have redeeming qualities beyond their offense, but injecting more skill into the bottom-six should be a priority for a team that ranked 30th in five-on-five scoring this season.

— Harman Dayal, New York Times, 20 June 2026

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Many borrowers currently repaying their student loans, as well as prospective students and their families, will see the impacts, including through higher monthly payments.

— Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Many rebels believed the burden of repaying the public debt fell disproportionately on common people while benefiting elites.

— Donovan Fifield, The Conversation, 16 July 2026

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Both magnesium and vitamin D supplements are most helpful when correcting a deficiency.

— Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 13 July 2026
Long before ambient documentation arrived, patients were already reconciling medication lists, catching referral failures, correcting demographic mistakes, and trying to make sense of conflicting recommendations from different specialists.

— Demetri Giannikopoulos, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

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