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Recent Examples of expiation
Apollo was a villain in the first Rocky film, a more nuanced antagonist in the second, a best friend and guru in the third, and a pretext for revenge and the expiation of guilt in the fourth.
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Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
In that lighter air of expiation, women lit candles on the edge of the street that led from the shrine to the place that marked Hussein’s camp on the field of battle.
—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
Many religious communities around the world include an injunction to acknowledge wrongdoing through expiation.
—Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
Her death must be an expiation, her down-going as sheer, blind, and sudden as the breathless plunge of a Peruvian child hurled down a stony chasm to placate the mountain spirit.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 4 May 2023
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Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
In that lighter air of expiation, women lit candles on the edge of the street that led from the shrine to the place that marked Hussein’s camp on the field of battle.
—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
Many religious communities around the world include an injunction to acknowledge wrongdoing through expiation.
—Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
Her death must be an expiation, her down-going as sheer, blind, and sudden as the breathless plunge of a Peruvian child hurled down a stony chasm to placate the mountain spirit.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 4 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expiation
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Tomlin also is seeking some playoff atonement, having gone winless since 2017.Andrew Greif, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Such reasoning has been rejected by victims, church reformers and even some bishops who have called for church organizations to be transparent to aid in healing for those who’ve suffered and seek atonement for not just the abuse, but also repeated cover-ups over the years.Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Robert Herguth, Chicago Sun-Times, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
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Therefore, no additional legal obligations exist that may create a call for reparations or action not directly negotiated.Jon McGowan, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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The Piano Lesson Mati Diop’s probing doc about African cultural heritage and Benin artifacts being recovered to their continental place outclasses the Denzel Washington clan’s trashy version of August Wilson’s reparation ghost story.Armond White, National Review, 8 Jan. 2025
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Still, President Joe Biden's unconditional, full absolution of his son is different in one unprecedented way: No commander-in-chief has ever granted clemency to his child, according to experts.Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 2 Dec. 2024
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The Persistent Realities of Inequities But acknowledgment is not absolution, and ambition is not justice.Lenwood V. Long, Sr., Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) Federal Student Aid notes that this is the most common avenue borrowers take when applying for student loan forgiveness.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Federal and state student loan forgiveness For now, the Education Department still offers a wide range of student loan forgiveness programs, including Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Teacher Loan Forgiveness, experts said.Annie Nova, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
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Some states require a pardon or expungement to allow a person with a criminal record to run for office.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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President Jimmy Carter granted a presidential pardon to Yarrow in 1981, on the last day of his presidency.Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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When his cancer entered remission in October 2024, his first thought was of his dog.Rachel Raposas, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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But these stunning results—remission in every patient—have fueled a new wave of optimism.Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Expiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expiation. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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