as in to apologize
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Recent Examples of atone
According to the documentary, Carnival atoned for the poop cruise by giving each passenger a full refund, paying for their transportation expenses, offering a free cruise voucher, and slipping them a cool $500.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 June 2025
Japan’s brutal occupation of parts of China before and during World War II remains a sore point, with Beijing accusing Tokyo of failing to atone for its past.
—Afp, Fortune, 30 June 2025
Throughout Stone’s and Wilson’s comebacks in later decades they were urged to atone.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 June 2025
The win atoned for Summers’ second-place finish in the high jump earlier on Friday, when the sophomore lost by an inch.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 June 2025
Japan’s brutal occupation of parts of China before and during World War II remains a sore point, with Beijing accusing Tokyo of failing to atone for its past.
—Afp, Fortune, 30 June 2025
Throughout Stone’s and Wilson’s comebacks in later decades they were urged to atone.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 June 2025
The win atoned for Summers’ second-place finish in the high jump earlier on Friday, when the sophomore lost by an inch.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atone
Verb
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Participants were asked to evaluate characters or romantic partners who either apologized frequently or rarely.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Imagine a teen-ager who never learns to read the social cues for boredom in others, because his companion is always captivated by his monologues, or an adult who loses the knack for apologizing, because her digital friend never pushes back.—
Paul Bloom,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Court documents state that Adams confessed to officers.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 July 2025
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CEOs are quietly confessing that AI is transforming how businesses operate.—
Brian Solis,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
Verb
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Radiation can also be used to palliate painful bone metastases, as well as chemotherapy.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
1 Oct. 2024
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Radiation can also be used to palliate painful bone metastases, as well as chemotherapy.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
1 Oct. 2024
Verb
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But the survey of 1,000 American adults, taken on June 10, also found that some excused or endorsed the violence against Jews.—
Grace Gilson,
Sun Sentinel,
11 July 2025
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When a flight attendant noticed, Dali faked vomiting to excuse her lengthy time in the bathroom.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 July 2025
Verb
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Finch, who has lived in the neighborhood for 20 years, first as a renter and later as the owner of a unit in a brownstone, sought to bring out the industrial history buried under all that bland, whitewashed drywall.—
Wendy Goodman,
Curbed,
1 July 2025
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Notably, there has been no effort to whitewash the native Hawaiian characters either through their visual or spoken characteristics (Carrere and Jason Scott Lee, who plays Nani’s surfer friend David, actually hail from the Aloha State).—
Michael Rechtshaffen,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2025
Verb
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However, the Commission did not indicate any sudden or unexpected event that would justify the urgency.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Lay of the land Advocates for the Golden Dome point to recent events to justify the program.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
23 July 2025
Verb
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Therefore, according to Irwin, the more effective way to eliminate high-fructose corn syrup would be to weaken the industry by rationalizing U.S. sugar policy.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
17 July 2025
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But how to rationalize the black eye to CBS News and its signature news show 60 Minutes?—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
14 July 2025
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“Atone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atone. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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