shrive

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Recent Examples of shrive Shrove Tuesday derives from the Anglo-Saxon Christian practice of going to confession and being shriven, or absolved of sins before the 40-day fast leading up to Easter. Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
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Verb
  • Trump will need to hope for hostilities to be short-lasting, or for these voters to be forgiving.
    Javier Corrales, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
  • He could have been forgiven for getting a bit discouraged.
    Max Bultman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a similar vein, pardon the pun, comes this Frank Wildhorn gothic musical about a Victorian-era doctor with two personalities, one an idealistic doctor, the other an evil murderer.
    Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Trump cannot pardon himself in the hush money case because presidential clemency power only applies to federal cases.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
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  • The Pittsburg City Council on Monday unanimously approved the effort, which included $77,500 in city permit fee waivers and a $42,500 quarterly sales tax rebate – remitted at 50% of the supermarket’s quarterly revenues.
    Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The Administration is requiring a share of revenue from large computer chip manufacturers, with Nvidia and AMD having to remit 15% of revenue from Chinese chip sales to get export licenses.
    Alden Abbott, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025

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“Shrive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrive. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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