exculpatory

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of exculpatory 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 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 See All Example Sentences for exculpatory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exculpatory
Adjective
  • Just as this recent wave of protests was receding, leaving behind deep concern and uncertainty, one of the country’s most beloved bands — Just a Band — was staging a reunion at a party celebrating analytical webzine Africa Is a Country’s first print anthology.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Betty is an investigative journalist for a television show in Shock Treatment, a career that Virgos excel at due to their analytical abilities and need to search for the truth and justice.
    Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 26 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

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Exculpatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exculpatory. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!