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as in relief
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as in extenuation
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palliation
Noun
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For businesses, the government and families, these financial challenges are mounting with no relief in sight.—
Robert Pearl,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026 -
Stidham now sports that same 8, Kubiak’s old number, as Nix’s relief, one cruel ankle twist away from the throne, over the last two seasons.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
21 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Peter J. Travers,
National Review,
29 Mar. 2022
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If members of Congress did reach an agreement, Covered California would extend its enrollment period or reopen it, Altman said, so more patients could access financial assistance.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2026
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The facility in Old Town has become known for its outreach to those needing assistance.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
21 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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Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, is considered the holiest day of the Jewish year and is one of two High Holy Days, along with Rosh Hashanah, according to the University of Southern California and Henry Ford College.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
14 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Republicans pledge to revive a bill to establish an independent Office of Inspector General, which cleared the Senate last year with broad bipartisan support.—
Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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People's Liberation Army troops under Mao's control either ignored the violence or offered support to the insurrectionists while the country descended into lawlessness and retribution.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Jan. 2026
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If music is confession, then acting is reconciliation for Ariana Grande.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2026
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In the past, other states have attempted to break the seal of confession.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This was a law enforcement operation in furtherance of lawful indictments that have existed for decades.—
Michelle Stoddart,
ABC News,
5 Jan. 2026
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He had also been charged with murder in the first degree (in furtherance of an act of terrorism) and murder in the second degree as a crime of terrorism, but those two counts were dismissed by Judge Gregory Carro in an order filed last month.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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This would be a fundamental acknowledgment that women’s basketball operates at the same elite level.—
Nafees Alam,
Boston Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Cota previously courted controversy after reciting a Christian prayer instead of the district's land acknowledgement statement.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Palliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palliation. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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