excuse
Example Sentences
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But to say they choose to live on the street, as Pratt has, is to miss the point, to excuse our own complicity, to overlook historic policy failures, and to choose contempt over compassion.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Nevertheless, many believed the situation was an excuse to engage price gouging.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
But the steady stream of bad choices emerging from Platner’s record goes beyond what voters might excuse as normal human fallibility.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026
But, she said, there is "absolutely no excuse for a phone during a show" as "in an emergency you can simply leave the auditorium to deal with the issue".
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Nurse Beverly was just giving an excuse that would help Lola get around her programming.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Vocabulary lists containing excuse
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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"The War of the Wall" by Toni Cade Bambara
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"The House on Mango Street" and "The Road Not Taken"
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