apologia
Example Sentences
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The new film is the director’s penance: an apologia to musical lovers who want to see the star do every inch of the dancing.
From Los Angeles Times
That said, “The Colonel and the King” often reads like a Parker apologia, or at least a concentrated effort to set some records straight.
From Los Angeles Times
This form of rationalization and denial is embarrassingly evident in a recent apologia by David Brooks, the New York Times’ notion of an ideal conservative.
From Salon
The slavery apologia in his faith went completely unremarked upon.
From Salon
If female swing voters learn how much the GOP is built on apologia for sexual violence, focus group information suggests it will turn them away from Trump.
From Salon
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