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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The mesmerizing and visually appealing frames in the film are unable to compensate.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025 -
Each review is voluntary and passengers are not compensated for their opinions.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
11 July 2025
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Customers ordering online can redeem their Krispy Kreme birthday celebration treat by using the code BDAY at checkout.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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Bet on any of the eight contestants to redeem your reward.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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Borrowers must typically repay their loans under an IDR plan while working in qualifying nonprofit or government employment on a full-time basis to receive PSLF credit toward loan forgiveness.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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The new agreement, which Fairfield City Council approved March 10, would repay most of that balance to the district, with $300,000 each coming from the city of Fairfield, Cincinnati Holding and Hillwood.—
Victoria Moorwood,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Trump believes that instituting (or threatening to institute) tariffs is one way to correct this.—
William Z. Fox,
Baltimore Sun,
14 July 2025
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The title was corrected in Week 4, when the record sprinted from No. 35 to No. 25.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
14 July 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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“Atone (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atone%20%28for%29. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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