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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
Noun
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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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One of the most significant outcomes has been the passage of several reparations bills, including one signed in September that requires California to formally apologize for perpetuating slavery.—
Nik Popli,
TIME,
6 Feb. 2025
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So far, two reparations bills (Assembly Bill 7 and Assembly Bill 62) have been introduced into the state Assembly.—
Wenyuan Wu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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The condemned received the ministrations of a priest, and had the opportunity to repent and receive absolution.—
Katrina Gulliver,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Mar. 2023
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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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Experts advise borrowers to stay informed, maintain accurate records of their loans and prepare for possible policy shifts that could impact repayment and forgiveness programs.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
10 Feb. 2025
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The Catholic Jubilee Year – or Holy Year – was established in the 14th century by Pope Boniface VIII and is 12 months focused on forgiveness and reconciliation.—
Lauren Said-Moorhouse,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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If anything, Trump’s pardon created a rare and temporary sense of unity among Illinois Democrats and Republicans who decried the president’s move.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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Those included promising not to seek a pardon for Edward Snowden, regularly updating the Senate Intel committee on her foreign travel and working with the panel to reauthorize Section 702 of FISA.—
Stef W. Kight,
Axios,
12 Feb. 2025
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Middleton’s latest outing follows the announcement of her cancer remission.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
11 Feb. 2025
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Many people with asthma as children go into long periods of remission, with infrequent and diminished symptoms later in life.—
Daniel More,
Verywell Health,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Expiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expiation. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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