exculpatory

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Recent Examples of exculpatory The petition further accuses prosecutors of withholding exculpatory material, including internal FBI notes, grand jury records and information about Epstein’s properties and financial transactions. Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025 During the trials, according to a Board of Bar Overseers report, the prosecutors were engaging in misconduct that included withholding exculpatory evidence and demonstrating racial bias against the defendant in emails. Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 29 Sep. 2025 An officer at the Gaston County Police Department received an exculpatory statement — but never disclosed it, according to the suit. Ryan Oehrli august 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2025 Other human factors contribute to wrongful imprisonment, and exculpatory DNA is not present in most cases. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exculpatory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exculpatory
Adjective
  • The demonstration of this learning outcome might be a standard analytical paper on a poem.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
  • Forty-five percent mentioned machine learning as the analytical backbone for prediction, forecasting, and decision intelligence.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
Adjective
  • But by the boulder the real action was social and discursive.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • The temporary and discursive structure allowed global visibility without institutional permanence.
    Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • His work blends data-visualization with explanatory graphics and motion graphics, covering everything from breaking news to politics to sports.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • The San Francisco Chronicle received the award for explanatory reporting, which means work that makes a complex topic comprehensible to everyday readers and viewers.
    Jennifer Peltz, Twin Cities, 4 May 2026
Adjective
  • Presenting her with the Lifetime Achievement Award on an evening dedicated to Anna Magnani creates an ideal bridge between two icons of cinema, united by a unique interpretive power and a rare ability to move audiences.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 May 2026
  • The surrounding landscape was shaped by lava flows and erosion over millions of years, according to interpretive information posted throughout the park.
    Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026

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“Exculpatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exculpatory. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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