expiating

present participle of expiate
as in compensating
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
  • Ultimately, every hire should create value equal to or exceeding the investment the company makes in hiring, developing, and compensating them.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • This current success is largely attributed to coach Lionel Scaloni, who has masterfully built the Argentine team around Messi, compensating for his age while maximizing his unparalleled technical ability.
    Chris Evans, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Another investor may like the long-term outlook and still have to sell because clients are redeeming money.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Any available upgrade seats are first offered to passengers who opt to upgrade using dollars, then to those redeeming frequent flyer miles, and finally, complimentary upgrades will be offered to elite status members.
    Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • In other words, as much as 8% of the district’s budget gets spent on repaying debt.
    Joe Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
  • Others, such as Langley, scoffed at the idea of repaying NCDOT.
    Nicholas Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • Cut to Johnson attempting an overhead serve with his pickleball partner Candace (Mary Steenburgen) halting him mid leap and correcting his serve to underhand.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 June 2026
  • Sometimes, the market is just correcting an ownership imbalance.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
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“Expiating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expiating. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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