expiated

past tense of expiate
as in redeemed
to make up for (an offense) Yom Kippur is the holy day on which Jews are expected to expiate sins committed during the past year

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Verb
  • Each point is worth 1 cent and 200 points can be redeemed for $2 off convenience store items or an extra 5 cents per gallon discount on fuel.
    — Dan Avery, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The ticket would be good to be redeemed for any home game in the future, even a possible World Series contest.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In last year’s World Series, Ohtani had endured hitting slumps, too, but his teammates compensated with timely contributions to earn a second consecutive title.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
  • As creators take on political topics, questions often surface about whether influencers are being compensated.
    — Abby Dodge, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The loan to Sierra Nevada Biochar LLC will carry a 10% annual interest rate and must be repaid over five years, according to county officials.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • As post-Covid debts mature, a record share of poor countries net-repaid the IMF in 2026 – a drain set to widen by 2030.
    — Masood Ahmed, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Running complicated algorithms on quantum computing hardware is going to require the use of logical qubits, where collections of hardware qubits are linked together in ways that allow errors to be detected and corrected.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The neighborhood group argued that the driveway should be moved or otherwise corrected before approval.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
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“Expiated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expiated. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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