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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Now, on Tuesday afternoon, the Pittsburgh City Council took the first step toward compensating the victims for their injuries.
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In that context, dashboards support decision-making rather than compensating for fragmentation.
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Another investor may like the long-term outlook and still have to sell because clients are redeeming money.
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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.
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In other words, as much as 8% of the district’s budget gets spent on repaying debt.
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Others, such as Langley, scoffed at the idea of repaying NCDOT.
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Cut to Johnson attempting an overhead serve with his pickleball partner Candace (Mary Steenburgen) halting him mid leap and correcting his serve to underhand.
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Sometimes, the market is just correcting an ownership imbalance.
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“Expiating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expiating. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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