as in to compensate
to make up for (an offense)
tried to atone for forgetting their anniversary by giving his wife a truly extravagant gift
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O’Connor said the state should be reallocating that money to better compensate attorneys already working for the state.—
William Melhado,
Sacramento Bee,
30 Jan. 2025 -
Being adequately compensated for his work is a nagging concern.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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This path offers the opportunity to redeem themselves and potentially reclaim a position of leadership.—
David Moon (Junseo Moon),
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Check it out as the website also has codes players can use to redeem helpful in-game items.—
Ash Parrish,
The Verge,
21 Jan. 2025
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The debt would be repaid over 30 years by a combination of tax revenue from the stadiums and surrounding development, sports gambling revenue and Lottery revenue.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
29 Jan. 2025
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Primary Holdings, which is solely owned by Justin Simpson, is accused of refusing to repay the estate the money O.J. Simpson invested in the property.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC News,
28 Jan. 2025
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And so, even our mothers and grandmothers might stand corrected on their makeup techniques.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2025
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Editor’s Note: The cost of living by generation has been corrected.—
Kendrick Marshall,
Sacramento Bee,
29 Jan. 2025
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The Sisters have come a long way, but never strayed from their mission: to promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2023
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But now Epstein, 49, is wearing a different hat, and hoping to expiate his unintended sins against a sport that has been his lifelong passion.—
David Axelrod,
CNN,
1 Apr. 2023
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