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apologia

[ap-uh-loh-jee-uh] / ˌæp əˈloʊ dʒi ə /


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Whether we are meant to believe or dismiss this apologia for the chivalry of the Old South is debatable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

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 ● Aug. 3, 2025

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 ● Jul. 26, 2025

This isn’t meant to be gym shorts apologia.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2023

Such bereavement, witnessed at close range, makes even the most eloquent apologia for high-risk activities ring fatuous and hollow.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

While most works in this genre read as elaborate apologias, Coates immediately strikes a different tone.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2022

Literary and oratorical apologias for the rebellion were accompanied by a flurry of monuments to Confederate leaders, including those in Statuary Hall.

From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2021

Echoing other day-after apologias from both sides, Mr. Baskey said Mr. Obama and Mr. Netanyahu “have forged an effective partnership and consult closely and frequently.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2014

Anyway, aren't all those apologias wearing thin as Arctic sea ice melts with startling, planet-changing speed?

From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2013

Since then have come many apologias in explanation and extenuation of the Church's decided stand in this matter for so many generations.

From The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe by Dorothy Stimson




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