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Example sentences for: excused

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The NYT national edition leads with a story you could be excused for not worrying about--White House and Congressional plans for spending all those future federal budget surpluses.
The authoress may be excused her youthful slip, but once she has made it, we are obliged to preserve it!
Legal analysts' spin: The jury's rejection of first-degree murder shows they were sympathetic to McKinney . Gay activists' spin: The judge's rejection of "gay panic" means that hate crimes won't be excused .
Simpson says that the government shouldn't waste millions investigating Clinton's sex life and that Clinton should be excused if he did have sex with a young woman: "A 22, 23-year-old girl who has her mind set on a 50-year-old guy is more in control than the 50-year-old guy."
Instantly, she knows it's aliens (the audience could be excused for thinking it sounds like a garbage truck backing up).