1
as in ignored
to dismiss as of little importance
more often than not, voters are willing to excuse a candidate's youthful indiscretion
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as in justified
to be an acceptable reason for
having a female passenger in labor will generally excuse a little disregard for the speed limit
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as in explained
to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses
he's always excusing his chronic lying by claiming that everybody lies
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Recent Examples of excused
When an Amazon software developer appeared in the jury pool that day, he was excused.
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Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2026
Twigg accordingly excused McKinley.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 29 Jan. 2026
Senators voted down a debate for the hemp product prohibitions 19-14, with one member excused, and said no to a kratom debate on a vote of 20-13.
—John Hult, States Newsroom, 23 Jan. 2026
Each norm break is excused as style.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
The jury and alternates included 11 women and five men, though one of the male jurors was excused last week due to a family emergency.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2026
Regular starters Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham, Thibaut Courtois, Alvaro Carreras, Rodrygo and Aurelien Tchouameni were excused from the trip, despite being fit enough to feature in last week’s Supercopa in Saudi Arabia.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
These bills send a clear message that political violence will never be excused, rewarded, or forgotten, and that our democracy is worth defending with action, not just words.
—Norma Torres, Oc Register, 6 Jan. 2026
During voir dire, anyone who’s against capital punishment is excused from serving; the law demands that jurors remain amenable to all potential sentences.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2026
Twigg accordingly excused McKinley.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 29 Jan. 2026
Senators voted down a debate for the hemp product prohibitions 19-14, with one member excused, and said no to a kratom debate on a vote of 20-13.
—John Hult, States Newsroom, 23 Jan. 2026
Each norm break is excused as style.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
The jury and alternates included 11 women and five men, though one of the male jurors was excused last week due to a family emergency.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2026
Regular starters Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham, Thibaut Courtois, Alvaro Carreras, Rodrygo and Aurelien Tchouameni were excused from the trip, despite being fit enough to feature in last week’s Supercopa in Saudi Arabia.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
These bills send a clear message that political violence will never be excused, rewarded, or forgotten, and that our democracy is worth defending with action, not just words.
—Norma Torres, Oc Register, 6 Jan. 2026
During voir dire, anyone who’s against capital punishment is excused from serving; the law demands that jurors remain amenable to all potential sentences.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excused
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Banfield's at-times tense testimony comes after his attorney scrutinized the county's investigation into the defendant, arguing that officials, almost since the beginning, forced a theory that the husband had catfished and killed his wife, and ignored evidence that undermined that conclusion.—
OLIVIA DIAZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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Their position ignored the Ukrainian perspective on the issue, thus excluding Ukrainians as the affected party from understanding and communicating current and historical narratives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Schleicher, the Pretti family attorney, said Wednesday the earlier altercation in no way justified the shooting more than a week later.—
Michael Biesecker,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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After all, five years later, there is still a serious debate in this country about whether people who stormed the nation’s capital were justified.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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With the new headquarters, Chan explained, Bonhams hope to widen their base of collectors through their larger exhibition space and programming around how to start or improve a collection across art, jewelry, antiquities, wine and other collectibles.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Bryan Hoyos, the mill’s director of North American marketing, explained how HV100 utilizes variocut technology to create varying staples lengths of Tencel fiber.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Jan. 2026
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Investing in domestic mining is necessary but insufficient—recycling infrastructure offers a faster, less geopolitically fraught path to supply chain resilience that has historically been overlooked by previous administrations.—
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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So perhaps that’s why Wagler was overlooked.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
26 Jan. 2026
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He was sentenced for federal gun charges, pardoned in May 2025.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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Money laundering, bank fraud, and wire fraud were among the most frequent crimes the president pardoned.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
23 Jan. 2026
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