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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

Hank’s not wrong that a man in his defensive crouch can’t exonerate himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

“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

He said in a statement earlier this week that he believed the report "exonerates me of all responsibility."

From Reuters ● Apr. 21, 2023

Body camera footage is more routinely made public, whether it exonerates the officers or raises questions.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2023

I can think of no answer that exonerates me.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

These include cases in which the men were exonerated through DNA or blood evidence and others in which police are accused of fabricating evidence.

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

The MP for Ashton-under-Lyne said she had been "exonerated" of the accusation that she had "deliberately sought to avoid tax".

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Our time in Chicago with other exonerated former death row prisoners was energizing for Walter, who seemed more motivated than ever to talk about his experience.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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

They complained that taking a statement from Pycroft when he was still under the "shadow of prosecution for murder" meant he had a "powerful incentive" to give an account "implicating" Hutchinson and "exonerating himself".

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 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

Signor," replied Monte-Leone, "it is because I recognize the great importance of the cause, that I confide to this man the duty of exonerating me from it.

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 by Various


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