excuse

Example Sentences

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Should I lie and make up a lame excuse, or confront her directly?

From MarketWatch

Plus, a great excuse to shoot a ridiculous video on the field at MetLife.

From The Wall Street Journal

“AI has gotten a lot of very negative headlines, in terms of being the excuse that companies have used to trim their workforces down,” he said.

From Barron's

Savers may be spared the indignity of seeing the returns on their cash dwindle to near nothing - although institutions sometimes don't need an excuse to reduce savings rates.

From BBC

Though a dip in Liberty Creek was welcome on a boiling hot day, to my mind it was a poor excuse for a body of water.

From Literature