Thesaurus results for ATONE

atone

verb

as in to apologize

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Recent Examples of atone This should be more of a business trip for the youngster — though he could be motivated by wanting to atone for last season’s poor showing. —

Eric Stephens, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026 However, the actual volumes added have been smaller than advertised as some countries physically struggle to increase, and others atone for earlier overproduction. —

Grant Smith, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2026 Research tells us that New Year’s resolutions, a popular noncontractual commitment, began over 3,000 years ago in Babylonian culture and shortly after in other cultures as a way, in general, to atone for questionable practices and/or debt. —

Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026 Carolina will need Moehrig to atone for his San Francisco sin by smashing (legally) the Saints (3-10) on the road. —

Mike Kaye december 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for atone

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One student publicly apologized for stealing a Chinese AI model and passing it off as groundbreaking new research, and then went right to work at an AI start-up attempting to automate white-collar jobs.

— Theo Baker, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
Ottawa — Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, has formally apologized to the community of Tumbler Ridge, BC, after a mass shooting in February.

— Paula Newton, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026