Thesaurus results for APOLOGIES

apologies

noun

plural of apology

as in excuses

an explanation that frees one from fault or blame her standard apology for her chronic tardiness is the ever-present congestion on the highways

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Recent Examples of apologies Celebrities post their breakfasts, their skincare, their holidays and their Notes-app apologies. — Raven Smith, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026 Leading figures in the security establishment have issued public apologies and left the scene. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026 When asked for updates on Moore and for his thoughts on USC’s apologies and discipline, Lanning punted and instead compared UCLA to last year’s national champion. — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 That minor viral hiccup passed easily because of Freeman’s apologies and Williams owning up to his mistake. — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 When a word or phrase contains exactly one of each of the five vowels (apologies to the letter Y), it’s described as supervocalic. — Sean McGowan, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026 The governor, those critics said, missed an opportunity to take historic apologies he’s made for the state’s past wrongs against Indigenous people and turn them into more concrete changes. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Moore was suspended for one game, and both he and Trojans coach Lincoln Riley issued apologies after the game. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Neither of Gann’s visible social media apologies mentioned Jewish heritage. — Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2026

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Noun

The town council will give so many excuses as to why they were approved.

— Stephen Korka, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
The rules, which are never explained, are put there as flimsy excuses for aspects of the pilot that don’t hold together otherwise.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of excuses

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Tina was granted a divorce on grounds of cruelty, one of the few legal justifications for divorce in 1903.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026
Well, it’s generally focused on the origins of and justifications for Baldwin’s multi-decade persecution complex.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of justifications

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Among their reasons for concern is Ohio’s poor track record when women are on the ballot.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
These tools are primarily used by those who make less than $50,000 according to a 2022 Government Accountability Office report, with food and rent being the key reasons people use the service, one case study of food and restaurant workers found.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026

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