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Recent Examples of expiation
Many religious communities around the world include an injunction to acknowledge wrongdoing through expiation.
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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
The catalog essays feature ideological arm-twisting and theoretical mind games that leave me wondering whether the people involved regard their joy as a sin demanding expiation.
—Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2022
So writing the play was an act of expiation?
—David Marchese David Marchesephotograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
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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
The catalog essays feature ideological arm-twisting and theoretical mind games that leave me wondering whether the people involved regard their joy as a sin demanding expiation.
—Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2022
So writing the play was an act of expiation?
—David Marchese David Marchesephotograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expiation
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In place of the original’s portrait of political awakening, the sequel follows an artist (Milena Smit) who’s checked herself into the Pit as a form of personal atonement.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2024
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Perhaps Netanyahu’s most disquieting elision in his U.N. speech, in this season of atonement, is that Moses’s admonition to choose blessings over curses was aimed specifically at the Children of Israel.Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
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Opponents argue that changing the rules on prison work is a form of reparation that isn’t affordable during a time when the state faces budget deficits.Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
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Public conversations about the legacies of slavery and calls for reparations have continued to gain traction.Ana Lucia Araujo / Made by History, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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As both Lawrence and Segel tease, all three characters are steering toward an emotional journey that may or may not end with absolution or reconciliation.Nick Caruso, TVLine, 16 Oct. 2024
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Garner’s version of the character (who has since been played by Elodie Yung on Netflix) isn’t particularly well regarded by fans, but the character’s poor reception plays into her story here as someone searching for absolution and a way to bring her story to fruition.Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 25 July 2024
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An adverse decision by the court could have much broader implications for student loan forgiveness under other IDR plans, as well.Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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While the Department of Education has provided loan forgiveness for millions of Americans, the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, which filed the suit, says these students were left out of the loan cancellation plans without due process of law or considering the evidence from these borrowers.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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His chances of a pardon are, honestly, pretty good.Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Lil Wayne Rapper Lil Wayne, who received a presidential pardon from Trump in 2021, has voiced his appreciation and continued support for Trump.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Emma Mon, a mom of 2, found cancer had spread 10 years after her initial remission.Abby Roedel, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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These medicines may help prevent disease progression, protect against joint and organ damage, and achieve remission.Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Expiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expiation. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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