as in to confess
to express regret for doing or saying something wrong
I want to apologize to you for my rude behavior yesterday. We apologize for the mistake and promise that it won't happen again.
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Recent Examples of apologize
That's why so many are always apologizing, points out Lauren Farina, a psychotherapist in Chicago.
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Angela Haupt, TIME, 31 Dec. 2024
Putin's apology to Azerbaijan Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, for the crash of the civilian airliner that killed 38 people, the Kremlin said Saturday.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
The judge demanded that Arnold & Porter apologize to the court and that its attorneys take an ethics refresher class.
—Bob Fernandez, ProPublica, 17 Dec. 2024
During the Vanderpump Rules season 10 reunion, Sandoval apologized to Madix after several heated exchanges.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Angela Haupt, TIME, 31 Dec. 2024
Putin's apology to Azerbaijan Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, for the crash of the civilian airliner that killed 38 people, the Kremlin said Saturday.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
The judge demanded that Arnold & Porter apologize to the court and that its attorneys take an ethics refresher class.
—Bob Fernandez, ProPublica, 17 Dec. 2024
During the Vanderpump Rules season 10 reunion, Sandoval apologized to Madix after several heated exchanges.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apologize
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While general manager Chris Grier and head coach Mike McDaniel each confessed his sins of the season to the media last week, an even bigger sales job is needed in a couple of weeks.Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Lincoln's Mark comes to the door and without saying a single word, confesses his love for her through a series of cue cards.Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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The report, along with another on durable goods orders, was originally scheduled for release Tuesday, but both were moved up a day by the Census Bureau following President Joe Biden’s executive order excusing federal-government workers from duty on Dec. 24.Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 26 Dec. 2024
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The 36-year-old has shown some promise with the ball at his feet but his two mistakes for United goals cannot be excused.Jay Harris, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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Honoring your own culture An effective way to navigate these conversations is by explaining to your child that their friend's hairstyle is a way of honoring their culture—and that your child can celebrate their own culture, too.Leslie D. Rose, Parents, 14 Jan. 2025
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Giving them a break while cutting benefits to lower-income Americans, also under discussion, could be politically difficult to explain.Kate Murphy, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
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Ignoring basic forest stewardship while crying ‘climate change’ is nothing more than a convenient excuse to justify inaction.Danielle B. Franz, National Review, 13 Jan. 2025
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In his book Orientalism, Edward Said famously revealed the ways that Western literature had depicted Arabs as exotic, backward, irrational, and in need of guidance—portrayals that served, consciously or not, to justify a colonial mindset toward them.Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Apologize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apologize. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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