exculpatory

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Recent Examples of exculpatory In fact, during his trial, when Sheriff Jenkins tried to offer exculpatory evidence to support himself, the Biden Judge, Robert Ballou, refused to allow it, shut him down, and then went on a tirade. Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025 His case was dismissed mid-trial after the judge found that the prosecution had withheld exculpatory evidence from the defense. Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025 The prosecution has an ethical obligation and duty to turn over everything that can be exculpatory, Marris said. Dalia Faheid, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025 Whenever potentially exculpatory information arose, it was often ignored. Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exculpatory
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Adjective
  • Her ancestor’s analytic model discouraged self-revelation by the therapist, but Freud often meets her guests’ excavations of desire and vulnerability with her own candid recollections.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That led us to over-invest in analytical capabilities and outsource data-base management.
    George Bradt, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Written in the flush of a new friendship with co-producer, engineer, and musician Sam Weber, the album unspools a suite of folk miniatures riven with discursive melodies as evocative as the cultural ephemera dotted through the lyrics.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Kate Zambreno’s Animal Stories, the newest installment in the publisher’s Undelivered Lectures series, relates Nabokov’s anecdote as part of a searching, charmingly discursive meditation on zoos.
    Book Marks August 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Exculpatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exculpatory. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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