partial excuse

It was harder to keep up with world soccer in those days, but that’s only a partial excuse.

McLaurin’s absence Sunday perhaps offered a partial excuse for Washington’s season-low scoring output.

Of course, that’s only a partial excuse for an offense that generated a trickle of production after halftime against Utah, churning out 19 yards in the third quarter and 70 yards in the second half.

In the aftermath, Democrats have offered as a partial excuse the Republican voting strength in those districts.

Disarmament advocates like Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, say unfavourable circumstances at home and abroad are only a partial excuse.