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excuse

[ik-skyooz, ik-skyoos] / ɪkˈskyuz, ɪkˈskyus /




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But it may also have given investors a good excuse to lock in some profit following the spell of heady gains for AST and Rocket Lab.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Despite that, Robertson said he did not want Jota's death to be used as an excuse for a poor campaign.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

“It’s unclear how much of this is an excuse about China versus they’re not really interested in doing any regulation,” said Rayid Ghani, a Carnegie Mellon University professor who studies AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

I’m going to go — excuse the expression — balls to the wall at this point.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

It didn’t justify or excuse what she’d said.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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