expiations

plural of expiation

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Noun
  • Kansas City’s reparations movement is moving ahead on two fronts, one rooted in community storytelling, the other in formal policy research.
    J.M. Banks November 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Here, the reparations bills intended ancestry to be a proxy for race to benefit black Californians.
    Andrew Quinio, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Criminal appeals are notoriously hard to win, presidential pardons are historically rare, and Bankman-Fried is not beloved in the crypto industry.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Several pardons and commutations issued by former President Joe Biden sparked controversy.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Hill and Giler skillfully avoid virtually every sports movie cliché while still delivering the genre’s rousing satisfactions — this is a spectacularly fun movie in spite of its often grim subject matter.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The entire Black community was threatened with reprisals.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • While individual efforts are important, collective action increases impact and mitigates the risks of reprisals for standing up to individuals or organizations.
    Shelley Inglis, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • By simultaneously hitting three or more targets, these agents promise not only deeper responses but potentially longer remissions in some of the hardest-to-treat cancers.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The reps and warranties and indemnities clauses will define their obligations.
    Bruce Werner, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Expiations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expiations. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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