expiations

Definition of expiationsnext
plural of expiation

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • Scaffolding, ultimately, is less like reparations and more like universal basic income.
    S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The survey focuses on whether educators are properly teaching students about reparations precedents.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Of the 1,500 or so offenders who received pardons, roughly 600 had been charged with assaulting or obstructing police officers, and 170 had been accused of using deadly weapons in the siege.
    Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
  • But pardons aren't one of them.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Accordingly, its satisfactions come from seeing those demands met.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Few satisfactions are more uniquely human than the slow extraction of new understanding, illuminated through the steady attention of your mind’s eye.
    Big Think, Big Think, 13 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The three, as well as other residents NBC News spoke with, asked that their names not be used for fear of reprisals.
    NBC News, NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Several Bay Area Venezuelans with temporary status contacted by this news organization declined to identify themselves, citing fear of reprisals from remnants of Venezuela’s government, which has a history of targeting political opponents.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
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 16 Jan. 2026.

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