extenuating

Example Sentences

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Like me, Cabral didn’t automatically choose to rest when extenuating personal circumstances changed her capacity.

From Washington Post

In telling the story of “Why Good Scientists Do Bad Things,” Kean is careful to call out extenuating circumstances and, when they happen, acts of humanitarianism along the way.

From Washington Post

That’s the steepest increase since 1991, but the reopening of the economy is a major extenuating circumstance that prompts some to dismiss inflation risk.

From New York Times

“We understand that extenuating circumstances posed challenges for all,” a spokesman for Adtalem Global Education, the parent organization of Ross University School of Medicine, said in an email.

From New York Times

Taken together, this points to a more universal pattern of behavior rather than something that was influenced by extenuating circumstances, such as rain driving a party indoors, or by households’ ideology.

From Scientific American