exculpatory

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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
  • The Green Shirt is calm, pragmatic and analytical.
    Jason BARNARD, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Excel performs better with large worksheets and offers a wider range of analytical and statistical tools, including advanced charting.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • For all the revelry, there was a tough, discursive seriousness in the approach that Lang and O’Hara took to their labors in the late forties and early fifties.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But he’s been in the discursive arena for about a decade now.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Exculpatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exculpatory. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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