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- noun Plural form of
apologia .
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Examples
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At six Joe's coffee shops across the city, detailed one-page apologias popped up last week explaining why the cost of an average cup is going up 10 to 20 cents.
Coffee's Jolt Hits the Wallet First Sumathi Reddy 2011
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But after a deep inhalation I had the great pleasure of talking with many people outside the theater as we re-pieced the film together, shared details some noticed but others had missed, listened to the negative reviews and countered with our own apologias for a film that had genuinely moved us.
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But the reality is that our society largely issues apologias for, not denunciations of, police abuse.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Ten Rules for Dealing with Police 2010
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So, today, there's me doing my Gordon Brown and David Miliband impressions and stuff for, a surprisingly good looking, charismatic and persuasive, Aaronovitch and, equally surprisingly, listening to Mr A's profuse apologias for, and bigging up of, nulab and Miliband.
Labour`s Leap Left Newmania 2008
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His books included "Past Imperfect," "Marxism and the French Left" and other works critical of French intellectuals whom Judt believed naive ( "authors of apologias and their accompanying theorems") about Stalin and the Soviet Union.
Tony Judt Dead: Historian, Author Of 'Postwar' Dies At 62 2010
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But the reality is that our society largely issues apologias for, not denunciations of, police abuse.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Ten Rules for Dealing with Police 2010
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Instead of giving the parenting police the bird on matters like food, sleep, work, and schools — or having a life — we write apologias.
Lowering the Bar 2010
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Or is this simply another of those inept, guilt ridden apologias for colonialism’s irreparable wrongs?
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Or is this simply another of those inept, guilt ridden apologias for colonialism’s irreparable wrongs?
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This is a story as important as Watergate, but for the most part, the MSM will ignore, play down or write apologias for it.
WaPo's Kurtz: No Problem With Lack Of Media Coverage Of Rudy Farm Gaffe 2009
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