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exonerate

[ig-zon-uh-rayt] / ɪgˈzɒn əˌreɪt /


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Federal officials stressed that this did not suddenly exonerate the lettuce.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

But in far more cases—especially controversial shootings—it captured the chain of events clearly enough for investigators to exonerate officers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

"We must not exonerate from all responsibility the seven decades that followed independence," he told the magazine, calling on African leaders to improve governance.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

Sapna also questioned why it took four years to exonerate Sougat when his DNA sample did not match the profile found at the crime scene.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

“All you have to do is come up with a lie that will exonerate both Christina and Cara, and then tell it under truth serum.”

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

Thomas and Gorsuch expressed serious doubts that the statute actually exonerates platforms for “deliberately structuring” in a way that could “facilitate” illegal and dangerous activity.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

An Oklahoma judge exonerates a man who spent nearly 50 years in prison on murder charges, the longest serving inmate to be declared innocent of the crime.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

"The report exonerates me of all responsibility," Almagro, who had seen the findings, told Reuters in an emailed statement.

From Reuters ● Apr. 17, 2023

In their early exchanges, the two discussed the death of George Floyd a month earlier, and the Innocence Project, which exonerates wrongfully convicted individuals.

From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2021

I can think of no answer that exonerates me.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

The council was exonerated from culpability by the inquest.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Only once before has an executed person been exonerated posthumously by a state entity.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

During Duncan’s campaign last year for New Orleans criminal court clerk, Murrill sent him a letter threatening “further action from this office” if he didn’t stop referring to himself as being exonerated.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

It pointed to a recent decision by the High Court in London that largely exonerated Renault and four other carmakers from charges that the devices were designed to cheat clean air laws.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

At the cafeteria, where a shrinking slice of my consciousness still resided, Daisy was telling Mychal that his averaging project shouldn’t be about people named Mychal but about imprisoned men who’d later been exonerated.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green

Brian Atlas of the “Whatever” podcast posted a video of the alleged victim drinking with Peters, as if it were exonerating evidence instead of bolstering the criminal case against him.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Only in 1906, after many twists, did the high court of appeal overturn the original verdict, exonerating Dreyfus.

From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025

"I think the idea of looking at video games and movies and so on, it's just a way of exonerating the people who are really profiting from the violence."

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024

The Los Angeles Innocence Project, a nonprofit legal group with a reputation for exonerating wrongfully convicted criminals, is seeking to clear Peterson in the killings of Laci Peterson and their unborn son, Conner.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024

An inquiry was opened on January 6th, 1863, as to the conduct of the lifeboat crew, and adjourned to the 12th, when a resolution was adopted exonerating them from blame.

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Charles Mackie


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