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Recent Examples of extenuation
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.
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Peter J. Travers, National Review, 29 Mar. 2022
Peter J. Travers, National Review, 29 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extenuation
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Pierson has become a vocal critic of police interrogation methods in which detectives form a theory of the case and aggressively pursue a confession from their primary suspect.Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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After drinks and some late-night confessions about relationship fears, the roommates fall asleep next to each other.Kate Stroup, EW.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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Larson's remarks have been viewed as a deflection of responsibility rather than an acknowledgment of the challenges faced by victims, regardless of their race, gender or socioeconomic status.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Christian Silvain, now 74, expressed relief, describing the ruling as the end of a long struggle to obtain acknowledgment of Ye’s plagiarism.Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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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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“Extenuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extenuation. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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