as in clearings
a setting free from a charge of wrongdoing
evidence that might bring about the exculpation of the defendant
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Noun
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Data is also collected from the El Cajon Homeless Task Force, as well as from park staff as clearings are completed.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025 -
There arc few, if any, clearings, old apple trees, and old stone walls.—
Worth Matthewson,
Outdoor Life,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Of the 1,500 or so offenders who received pardons, roughly 600 had been charged with assaulting or obstructing police officers, and 170 had been accused of using deadly weapons in the siege.—
Jeffrey Goldberg,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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But pardons aren't one of them.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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For the better part of a decade, Illinois led the nation in annual exonerations until it was surpassed by Texas in 2024, according to the National Registry of Exonerations.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
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According to the National Registry of Exonerations, a project jointly operated by the University of California at Irvine, Michigan State University, and the University of Michigan, exonerations nationwide have been steadily rising, from 24 in 1989 to 147 in 2024.—
Mark Guarino,
ABC News,
21 Nov. 2025
Noun
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This was one of only two cases that resulted in acquittals in the numerous prosecutions arising out of the collapse of Enron.—
Graham Kates,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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Eighteen of those cases were dismissed and two ended in acquittals.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC news,
8 Nov. 2025
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