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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
Noun
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Newman’s script, which drew critical attention in its earlier short-film incarnation, is structured as an extended confession, the architecture of which places the audience in a peculiar position.—
Jon Stojan,
Variety,
18 June 2026
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During the second night of her Lux Tour at Madison Square Garden Rosalía invited Saturday Night Live cast member Marcello Hernández to give his confession.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2026
Noun
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To me, that spoke to this acknowledgement of the reality of the circumstances.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2026
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The credits, in which only three men’s names are listed alongside a handful of acknowledgments, elicited laughter throughout the theater.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
Noun
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For starters, there is one urgent mission the pope must take on the road to atonement.—
Laura Washington,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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But his atonement comes too late.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Both sides claimed vindication after the ruling, with Lively’s attorneys arguing the decision leaves open other avenues to pursue damages, while Baldoni’s lawyer emphasized that many of her original claims had been dismissed.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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The motivation for establishing Pointeworks is, for Williams, part creative and part vindication.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
Noun
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The next inning, the Rays’ Ben Williamson hit a two-out single to Tucker in right field, and Tampa’s Jonathan Aranda darted around third toward home.—
Liana Handler
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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Myers loaded the bases before getting an out in the bottom of the second, then walked Bleday with one out.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
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Responding to a question from Deadline at a news conference at the Taormina Film Festival where the film world premieres this evening, producers Mark Fasano of Nickel City Pictures, and Jeffrey Greenstein of A Higher Standard explained the rationale behind their decision to shoot in Australia.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 June 2026
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The rationale was that any war Israel fought would inflame popular anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab and Muslim world, scuttling the Abraham Accords as Arab governments would withdraw out of fear of backlash.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Eventually, rationalization sets in.—
Bill Oldham,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Although the Mughals mainly incorporated the existing Indian revenue system, Akbar’s reign also saw the rationalization of revenue administration, notably under the Hindu minister Todar Mal, with systematic land measurement and assessment that balanced imperial income with agrarian stability.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Maybe that’s true, but effective art needs no justification.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
18 June 2026
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This is the justification for killing people, which, by the way, does not sound that different from the justifications governments offer for violating people’s human rights.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
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“Extenuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extenuation. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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