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Recent Examples of extenuation
Not surprisingly, fellow-travelers on the left criticized Conquest either from a wish to disbelieve the Soviet horrors or from an ideological sympathy that compelled extenuation of them.
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Peter J. Travers, National Review, 29 Mar. 2022
Peter J. Travers, National Review, 29 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extenuation
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Butt maintains his innocence, claiming his confession was coerced through torture, and that evidence against him was planted, The Daily Telegraph reported.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Prosecution failures At the center of the misconduct in the Smith case was the prosecution team’s failure to disclose the use of jailhouse informants Jeffrey Platt and Paul Martin to extract a confession from Smith.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
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Iran has not provided any public acknowledgment of that work.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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That chatter is an acknowledgement of the realities of a BBC session, which requires a band to fit the radio format and blow through their set in under 20 minutes.—
Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Pitchfork,
30 Jan. 2026
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The organization added that a true sign of atonement from Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, would be to refrain from antisemitism in the future, concluding their statement by wishing him well on his mental health journey.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The term usually applied to this atonement is reconciliation.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
27 Dec. 2025
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But that the winning goal arrived through Enderby from the bench was its own form of vindication.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Capote finds little vindication there.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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Miami, Ohio State and Oklahoma all came in ahead of Texas — although that calculation does not reflect the fact that the Longhorns went on the road to play the Buckeyes, while those other three schools spent their out-of-conference slates at home.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
3 Feb. 2026
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Nielsen hopes to make the new out-of-home numbers part of its current ratings in time for the 2026-2027 TV season, with more enhancements to be added in later months.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2026
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But many in the science community still disagree, vehemently, both with geoengineering proposals and with the rationale for considering them at all.—
Christian Elliott,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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The rationale for the partnership with HavocAI is to combine Hanwha’s shipbuilding and manufacturing capabilities with HavocAI’s collaborative autonomy technology, with potential large-scale production of autonomous surface vessels for defense applications.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Whether that’s a reality or a rationalization will only be known once the hire materializes.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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But in almost secure ones, minor discomfort is so chronic that people slip into rationalization.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The order also notes that protesters ignoring dispersal orders or trespassing on federal property is not appropriate justification for agents to deploy riot control weapons.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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Israel cited militant attacks on soldiers as justification, but the mounting civilian deaths have sparked criticism from Arab and Muslim nations.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Extenuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extenuation. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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