expiations

Definition of expiationsnext
plural of expiation

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Noun
  • Iran rejected the offer and presented its own five-point proposal that included reparations and recognition of its sovereignty over the waterway.
    Farnoush Amiri, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Iran countered with its own five conditions in return, including war reparations and rights over the Strait of Hormuz for Iran.
    NPR Staff, NPR, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • One objection in the White House, according to a person who works on pardons, may have been Ver’s flamboyant rejection of his American citizenship.
    Avi Asher-Schapiro, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Not everyone who posts will end up behind bars and many cases end with pardons.
    Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Working for his hometown has its satisfactions After living all over the world for 25 years in the foreign service, Marc Shaw, 51, was ready to come home to Kansas City, Missouri.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Niazi doesn’t discuss the frustrations or satisfactions of this process.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Some witnesses have asked to testify anonymously for fear of reprisals.
    Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Beijing, which regards the self-governing island as part of its territory, has since stepped up diplomatic and trade reprisals against Japan.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Mar. 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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