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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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Her attendance is part of her atonement to Gary, who wants to meet the tourists his girlfriend hooked up with.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2025
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In the interview, the designer spoke frankly about his demons, and his recovery and atonement.—
Miles Socha,
WWD,
11 Dec. 2024
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California’s reparations proposal remains the most ambitious, having recommended that eligible recipients receive up to $1.2 million each.—
Cheyanne M. Daniels,
The Hill,
3 Apr. 2025
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In California, costly proposals from their reparations panel failed to be signed into law during the 2024 session, four years after the commission was created with significant fanfare.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The road to Trump begins, in some moral sense, with the absolution of Nixon.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2025
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The clergy could expect the fulfillment of prophecy, and the poor and the oppressed could look forward to absolution and better living quarters.—
Arthur Krystal,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Borrowers can now apply for student loan forgiveness through the program at StudentAid.gov.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Loan forgiveness is granted after 20 years for undergraduate loans and 25 years for graduate loans.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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After Trump’s pardons for the January 6th attackers, Thune, speaking to reporters, grappled audibly with his instinct for honesty.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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Because of the pardon, Ramos could not order restitution of any kind.—
Ben Geman,
Axios,
28 Mar. 2025
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While there is no cure for IBD, advances in medical treatments have helped patients improve symptoms, achieve long-term remission, and reduce the risk of complications.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Revenue from the tariffs, estimated at $8 billion before remission, will be directed to Canadian auto workers and affected companies.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Expiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expiation. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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