exculpatory

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Recent Examples of exculpatory 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 Bondi has not responded to emails from the Sentinel seeking comment or asking him to share the exculpatory material. Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2025 Levy did not find those messages exculpatory. Sammy Sussman, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exculpatory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exculpatory
Adjective
  • The more capable Claude becomes, the thinner the line between the analytical grunt work Anthropic is willing to support and the surveillance and targeting it has pledged to refuse.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2026
  • In this study, P-free and P-containing glasses and glass ceramics were synthesized and evaluated using various analytical methods to clarify the influence of P addition on the glass structure and state of P after crystallization.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • While forming a global network of thinkers, the IPS has developed over the past five years to critically examine the material, discursive, and aesthetic scope of everything that might fall under the heading of postnatural.
    Catherine Taft, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The instructional promise of each episode was a bit, a starting point for discursive, funny, intermittently personal mini-essays that always started in Wilson’s beloved New York, but could and did make their way anywhere.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Longhorns insider David Eckert won in the explanatory category for a story about how climate change affects early-season football games.
    Sports Editor, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
  • His films eschew traditional documentary techniques such as explanatory voice-over and talking-head interviews, and his presence isn’t acknowledged by on-camera subjects.
    Vikram Murthi, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • But several metal frames that once held interpretive displays remain bare.
    Eva Andersen, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Blakely’s suggestion that interpretive research might be better suited to the unique threat posed by MAGA is likewise unpersuasive.
    Colin Cepuran, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026

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“Exculpatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exculpatory. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.

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