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Recent Examples of expiation
Then, expiation in the 80th minute.
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Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
12 May 2026
These, however, also fall into the expiation rather than the rule category.
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Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
Voss’s journey follows the largely Christian trajectory of expiation and redemption from the sin of pride; the constellation of the Southern Cross hangs over him just before his death.
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Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Dec. 2024
Constituting a kind of trilogy about expiation through violence—whether toward others or toward oneself—the films have a newfound starkness that reflects the severity of their subjects.
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Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
29 Nov. 2024
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Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
12 May 2026
These, however, also fall into the expiation rather than the rule category.
—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
Voss’s journey follows the largely Christian trajectory of expiation and redemption from the sin of pride; the constellation of the Southern Cross hangs over him just before his death.
—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Dec. 2024
Constituting a kind of trilogy about expiation through violence—whether toward others or toward oneself—the films have a newfound starkness that reflects the severity of their subjects.
—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
29 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expiation
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For starters, there is one urgent mission the pope must take on the road to atonement.
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But his atonement comes too late.
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Collective, which advocates for reparations, land returns for Native Americans, bonds for newborns and a universal basic income.
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Calls for reparations have increased in recent years, reaching a crescendo with the UN designation in March — though the US, UK and a host of other countries either rejected the claim or abstained from voting on it.
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That's different than an insanity defense, which usually seeks total absolution, Schoenstein said.
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The point is not that the offender deserves absolution.
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Start by checking your credit card debt forgiveness eligibility here.
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The move comes as the department prepares to implement controversial changes to the PSLF program that would give Secretary of Education Linda McMahon sweeping authority to cut off borrowers from loan forgiveness.
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Then-President Biden gave him a full pardon in December 2024.
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Still, his odds of a pardon remain slim.
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Kim Adamski’s husband, takes a biologic TNF inhibitor, a specialty medicine keeping him in remission from Crohn’s.
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Caitlin, 24, went into remission twice after chemotherapy and a transplant after her first cancer diagnosis in April 2025.
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“Expiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expiation. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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