expiated

past tense of expiate
as in redeemed
to make up for (an offense) Yom Kippur is the holy day on which Jews are expected to expiate sins committed during the past year

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Verb
  • Each customer is limited to one coupon, which must be redeemed in the store.
    Drew Pittock, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • This bonus offer will be fulfilled as 20,000 ThankYou® Points, which can be redeemed for $200 cash back.
    Ryley Amond, CNBC, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Douglas said automatic gratuities also serve a practical purpose for larger parties, helping to ensure servers are fairly compensated for the additional coordination and service those tables require.
    Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • With the original melody-makers credited and compensated, the reference is recognizable, but the recording is entirely AtHeart’s.
    Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
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  • Matheus Cunha — Brazil/Manchester United (new entry) Favoured over Igor Thiago as Brazil’s No 9 against Haiti, Cunha repaid manager Carlo Ancelotti’s faith with a poacher’s effort and a left-footed smash into the top corner.
    Liam Twomey, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • When those loans expired, with no money repaid, the facade finally gave way.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 June 2026
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  • After his own vision was corrected as a child, an encounter with a child his age in Cairo — living a starkly different life — sparked a lifelong mission to help others see.
    Ashoka, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • By the time the boundary issues were partially corrected in the 1960s, both the cemetery and the surrounding Black community had been largely erased from public memory.
    Kamal Morgan. Produced with AI assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026
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“Expiated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expiated. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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