partial excuse
Example Sentences
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It was harder to keep up with world soccer in those days, but that’s only a partial excuse.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 13, 2019
A loss for United, meanwhile, would add bitter insult to a campaign that has strayed perilously close to ignominy even with mass injuries providing a partial excuse.
From The Guardian • Mar. 10, 2016
And if that sounds a little dyspeptic at this moment of supreme national celebration, let me offer a partial excuse.
From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2012
That this misconception was fostered by lenders and politicians is a partial excuse but not a complete one.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a partial excuse the night was so dark that one could not see ten feet ahead.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace
